104 EA^^DJE. 



free, toes one-fourth webbed ; tips of fingers and toes very feebly 

 dilated. The hind limb being carried forwards along the bod)^ the 

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. Skin smooth, or slightly 

 tubercular above ; a fold from the eye over the tympanum to the 

 shoulder ; under surface smooth. Uniform brown above ; three 

 blackish spots, with a white spot in the centre of some, in linear 

 series along the side ; an oblong black spot on the side of the 

 sacrum above the loin ; a narrow white line on the middle of the 

 side, between the front and hind limbs ; a black band along the 

 supra-tympanal fold ; back of thighs black, with a white spot at the 

 end of the band : limbs cross-barred. 

 Birmah. 



19. Ixalus punctatus. 



Ixalus punctatus, Anders. Journ. As. Soc. 1871, p. 27. 



Snout rounded, its length a little more than the width between 

 the eyes ; canthus rostralis distinct ; nostril nearer the tip of the 

 snout than the eye ; tympanum distinct, about one third the size of 

 the eye. Fingers free, toes less than one-third webbed ; disks of 

 fingers well developed, of toes smaller ; a small inner metatarsal 

 tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, 

 the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches beyond the eye. Back nearly 

 smooth, with a few scattered minute tubercles on the sacral region ; 

 finely tubercular on the sides and on the under surface of the body 

 and thighs ; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Brownish above, 

 as far forwards as the anterior angle of the eye, where the brown 

 abruptly ceases in a straight line, the upper surface of the snout 

 being light olive ; upper lip white ; a dark-brown band from the 

 snout to the tympanum ; sides bluish grey, the minute tubercles 

 dark brown ; under surfaces dirty yellowish, the chin, throat, and 

 thorax with scattered brown spots. 



Nilgherries. 



20. Ixalus tuberculatus, 



Ixalus tubercidatus, Anders. A/uit. Zool. Hes. Yunnan, p. 84-5, pi. 78, 

 f.7. 



Snout short, roi;nded ; canthus rostralis feebly developed ; nostril 

 much nearer the tip of the snout than the eye; tympanum distinct, 

 about one fourth the size of the eye. Fingers free, toes slightly 

 webbed : disks of fingers large, of toes smaller. The hind limb 

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

 reaches the tip of the snout. Small scattered isolated tubercles on 

 the upper surface and on the sides of the body ; finely granular on 

 the beUy and under the thighs. Uniform dark olive above ; all the 

 small tubercles, as a rule, white ; in some specimens a transverse 

 pale band between the eyes and two similar bands behind them ; a 



