3. EiTACoi'noEiis. 83 



snout. Upper parts with small tubercles; a fold above the tympanum; 

 outer el ;e of forearm and of tarsus with a denticulate fringe ; a 

 patch of pointed tubercles below the vent ; belly and underside of 

 thighs granular. Ileddish brown above, marbled with dark brown 

 and speckled with black ; limbs cross-barred ; hinder side of thighs 

 not coloured ; throat speckled with brown. Hale with an internal 

 vocal sac. 

 Ceylon. 



(Type of Pohjpedates cavirostris.) 

 G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. [P.]. 

 G. H. K. Th waiter, Esq. [P.]. 

 (Type of Ixalus Jimbriatus.) 



17. Rhacopliorus davidi. 



Polypedates davidi, Sauvwje, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) i. 1877, p. 117. 



Vomerine teeth in two short, slightly oblique series between the 

 choants. Snout rounded ; cauthus rostralis moderate ; nostril 

 equally distant from the eye and the tip of the snout ; tympanum 

 rather more than half the width of the eye. Pingers slightly, toes 

 more than half webbed ; disks rather large. The hind limb being 

 carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 in front of the eye. Skin smooth above, granular on the belly. 

 Above slate-coloured, with large yellow spots ; sides of body, inferior 

 surface of limbs, throat and breast yellowish, with undulous slate- 

 coloured line ; belly with black punctulations. 



Moupin, China. 



' 18. Rhacophorus maculatus. 



Polypedates maculatus, Giinth. Cat. p. 78. 

 Hyla maciilata, Gniii, Ind. Zool. 



f^***/i''^JO leucomystax, Gravenh. Dilio. p. 26J 



^ Polypedates leiicomystax,j^«cA«f//, Satr. p. 7^ Dum. ^- Bihr. p. 519; 

 Kelaart, Prodi: Faun. Zei/l. p. 193. 

 Blirgcria maculata, Tschudi, I. c. _ 



'^*7^*^ (Polypedates rugosiis, Dum. ^- Bibr. p. 520/ 



j-^^^*^ (^ cruciger, BIyth, in Kelaart, Prodr. App. p. 4^ 



■' cm^'ta^'^ megaceplialus, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 18G0, p. 48/ 



(J macidatus, Giinth. Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 428 ; Blayiford,Journ. As. 



Soc. 1870, p. 376 ; Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 307 ; Stoliczka, 

 Proc. As. Soc. 1872, p. 106. 

 biscutigei", Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 649. 



Vomerine teeth in two more or less oblique series commencing 



on the inner front edge of the choauee. Head generally bony and 



rugose above in adult specimens ; snout subtriangular ; canthus 



j rostralis distinct ; loreal region concave ; nostril much nearer the tip 



I of the snout than the eye ; intcrorbital space much broader than the 



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