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ENGYSTOMATID^. 



Diplopelma pulcliruni, Giinth. Bept. Brit. Inch p. 417 ; Steindachn. 



Nomra, Aniph. p. 36, pi. 2. f. 15-] 8. 

 Scaptopbiyne labyrintliica, Fitzing. Sitz. Ah. Wien, xlii. p. 416. 

 Ranina symmetrica, David, Nouv. A?-ch. Mus. yii. Bull. p. 76. 



Habit slender. Snout subaeuminate, a little longer than the or- 

 bital diameter ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid. 

 Fingers rather slender, first much shorter than second ; toes long, 

 half -webbed ; tips of fingers and toes not dilated ; subarticular tu- 

 bercles very distinct ; two very small metatarsal tubercles. Hind 

 limb very long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the tip of the 

 snout, or beyond. Skin smooth. Olive, greyisli, or pinkish brown 

 above, beautifully marked with darker and lighter A-like lines on the 

 back, and transverse lines across the limbs ; a cross streak between 

 the eyes, a large A-shapi.'d marking on the back, and a streak from 

 the eye to the middle of the side dark brown ; throat and chest 

 clouded with brown ; the remainder of the lower surfaces immaculate. 

 Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



China ; Gamboja. 



4. Microhyla achatina. 



Micrh^'la achatina, Giinth. Cat. p. 121. 

 Hylaplesia achatina, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 294. 

 Microhyla achatina, TscJntdi, Batr. p. 71 ; Dum. Sf Bib?: p. 614 ; 



Peters S,- Doj-ia, Ann. Mus. Genov. xiii. p. 428. 

 Diplopelma disciferum, Peters, Man. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. S6. 



Habit slender. Snout subacuminate, longer than the orbital 

 diameter ; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid. Fin- 

 gers rather slender, first much shorter than second ; toes slender, 

 webbed at the base ; tips of fingers swollen into very small, of 

 toes into well-developed disks ; subarticular tubercles distinct ; 

 two small metatarsal tubcicles. The hind limb being cariied for- 

 wards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of 

 the snout, or beyond. Skin smooth. Brown above ; sides and a 

 streak between the eyes dark brown ; sometimes the back with 

 rather indistinct chevron-shaped darker and lighter lines and a 

 narrow light vertebral line ; limbs more or less distinctly cross- 

 barred ; anal region blackish. 



Java; Moluccas. 



a. 2 . Java. Leyden Museum. 



b-c. 5 • Posata, Bantam. 

 d. 5. ? 



5. Microhyla berdmorii. 



Engystoma berdmorei, Blytli, Journ. As. Soc. sxiv. p. 710. 

 Callula natatrix, Coj^e, Journ. Ac. Phi/ad. (2) vi. It67, p. 192. 



