106 KANID^. 



median line. Saout rouuded, as long as the orbital diameter ; can- 

 thus rostralis distinct ; loreal region very slightly concave ; nostril 

 nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; interorlntal space as broad 

 as the upper eyelid : tympanum small, indistinct. Fingers free, 

 toes half webbed ; disks and subarticular tubercles moderate ; a 

 very small iuner mctatai'sal tubercle. The hind limb being caiTied 

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

 eye. Skin smooth above, granular beneath ; a fold from the eye to 

 the shoulder. Above dark brown with round yellow spots, or brown 

 with dark reticulations or spots; hinder side of thighs dark brown, 

 with round yellow spots ; lower surfaces yeUow, marbled with 

 brown. Male with an internal vocal sac. 

 Malabar. 



a-h, c, d, e. Many spec. : c? , 5 , Malabar. Col. Beddome [0.]. 



^gr., & yg. " 



24. Ixalus signatus. (Plate XI. fig. 2.) 



Tongue with a small papilla in the anterior part of the median 

 line. Snout subacuminate, as long as the orbital diameter ; canthus 

 rostralis distinct ; loreal region slightly concave ; nostril nearer the 

 tip of the snout than the eye ; tympanum small, hidden. Fingers 

 free, toes half webbed ; disks and subarticular tubercles well de- 

 veloped ; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being 

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

 the eye, or somewhat beyond. Skin smooth above, granular beneath. 

 Greyish or brownish above ; a dark cross band between tlie eyes, 

 and a large X-shaped marking on the back ; upper lip with a few 

 white spots ; limbs cross-barred ; hinder side of thighs not coloured ; 

 sometimes with brown vermiculations ; beneath immaculate. Male 

 with an internal vocal sac. 



India. 



a. Several spec. : S, 2,^ ligT- ? W. Theobald, Esq. [C.]. 



b-c. S 2 . Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



25. Ixalus/bimaculatus. 



Leptomantis bimaculatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 18'.)7, p. •32. 



Snout rounded, scarcely longer than the orbital diameter ; canthus 

 rostralis distinct ; tympanum one third the width of the eye, covered 

 by the skin. Fingers half webbed, first opposite to the others ; toes 

 nearly entirely webbed ; disks moderate ; a small inner metatarsal 

 tubercle. Smooth above, granular beneath. Violet-brown above, 

 with irregular dark spots and cross bands ; limbs cross-barred : a 

 yellowish-white spot beneath the eye, followed by a much smaller 

 one ; yellowish white beneath. Male with an internal vocal sac. 



Mindanao, Philippines. 



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