2. KAMA. 57 



as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, about as large" as 

 the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending a little beyond second ; 



Lower surface of foot. 



toes half- webbed ; tips of fingers and toes dilated into small disks ; 

 subarticular tubercles well developed ; a single, small, oval, inner 

 metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along 

 the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. 

 Skin of the back with short longitudinal glandular folds ; lower 

 surfaces smooth. Brown above; loreal and temporal regions 

 blackish ; a dark cross band between the eyes ; limbs cross-barred ; 

 throat and breast mottled with brown. Male without vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 36 miUim. 



This species is intermediate between E. heddomii and B. lepto- 

 dactyla. It difi'ers from both, by the much larger tympanum ; from 

 the former, by the toes, which are only half webbed; from the 

 latter, by the length of the first finger, which is superior to that of 

 the second, and by the more extensive web between the toes. 



Malabar. 



a-h- 6 $ . Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



76. Eana leptodactyla. 



Polypedates brevipalmatus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Sot: 1875, d. 572. 



Lower surface of foot. 



Vomerine teeth in two slightly oblique oval groups just behind 

 the level of the hinder edge of the choante. Tongue with a free, 

 pointed, conical papilla in the middle. Head moderate, rather 

 depressed ; snout blunt, with moderate canthus rostrahs ; inter- 

 orbital space as broad as, or rather narrower than, the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum distinct, half the width of the eye. Fingers moderate^ 

 first not extending as far as second ; toes one-third webbed ; tips of 

 fingers and toes dilated into small disks ; subarticular tubercles well 

 developed; a small, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind 



