16 BErXILES. 



(/. Half-grown : not good state. Mexico. From M. Salle's Collection. 



BcUy black-spotted. 

 e, f. Half-grown. Vera Cruz. From Mr. Cnraing's Collection. 



Ki. Rana temporaria. 



Gcsucr, Hist. Aiiiiii. ii. p. 58; Akh-ov. Quaclr. Digit. Orip. ii. p. (510; 



Linn. Faun. Si«r. i. p. 250; Msel, Hist. Ran. p. 1. t. 1-8. 

 Kana tempovaria, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 357 ; Miillcr, Zool. Dan. Prodi: 



p. 35; Fahr. Faun, firmil. p. 124; Bonnat. Erpet. p. 3; Lacep. 



Quad): Orip. i. p. 528 ; Meyer, Syn. Kept. p. 12 ; Stiirni, Deutsehl 



Fauna, iii. Heft 1 ; Donnd'. Zool. Beitr. iii. p. 52 ; Sehneid. Hist. 



Amph. p. 113 ; Latr. Salani. p. 37, and Bept. ii. p. 150 ; SJiaw, Zool. 



iii. p. 97. pi. 29 ; Daud. Rain. p. 16. pi. 15. f. 2, and Rept. viii. 



p. 94 ; Merr. Tent. p. 175 ; Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. 9 ; Risso, 



Hist. Nat. Eur. 3Ierid. iii. p. 93 ; Cuv. Reyne Anim. ; Wayl. Syst. 



p. 203 ; Jenyns, Brit. Vertehr. p. 300 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital ; Schinz, 



Faun. Hclv. p. 143 ; Schley. Faun. Japon. pi. 3. f. 2 ; Tschudi, Batr. 



p. 79 ; Bell, Brit. Rept. p.' 84 ; Eichw. Faun. Casjno-Cancas. p. 124 ; 



Dum. ^- Bihr. p. 358. 

 Rana mnta, Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 30. 

 scotica, Bell, I. c. p. 102. 



A. European specimens. 

 * Rana oxyrhinus, Steenstrup, Amtl. Bericht uhcr die xxiv. 

 Versammlunr/ deutsch. Naturf. /t/f?, 1846,p.l31. — Muzzle 

 pointed ; first cimeiform prominent. 



a. Adidt. Hanover. Presented bj Dr. J. E. Gray. 



b, c. Adult and young. North Germany. Presented by Dr. J. E. 



Gray. 



d. Adult. Germany. 



** Rana platyrhinus, Steenstrup, I. c. — Muzzle short, blunt ; 

 first cuneiform bone hardly prominent, covered with a thick 

 membrane aud forming a blunt tubercle. 



e. Adult. Hanover. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 f-h. Adult. Hanover. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 7. Adult. Hanover. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 1-. Adult. Exeter. Mus. Leach. 



?, m. Adult and half-grown. Sm-rey. Mus. Leach. 



n-p. Adult. England. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



q-s. Adult. England. 



t-v. Adult. Braid Hill. Presented by Prof. Bell. 



w. Many specimens. Scotland. 



.r. Adult: skeleton. England. 



*/. Adult: skeleton. England. 



z. Adult : skeleton. Scotland. 



*** Rana arvalis, Nllsson, Scandinavisk Fauna, iii. p. 92. — 

 Muzzle moderate ; fii'st cxmeiform bone prominent. 

 a. Adult. Sweden. Presented by Prof. Sundevall. 



