AMPHIBIA. '14o 



Bungavus coevuleus Schneid. 

 One specimen from Sind. 



Jlytli'ophis jei'flonii Gray. 



A specimen from the Indian Ocean. 



Mtf/drophis canfovis Gthr. 



One specimen from Madras distinguished by having no 

 less than 26 shields round the neck , whereas twenty-three 

 were noted by Günther. 



Mtfjdfophis curta Shaw. 



Three specimens from the Sunderbunds. The occipital 

 plates in one of the specimens are entire , in the two others 

 they are more or less subdivided. 



Young specimens of Arius sp. were found in the stomach 

 of two of these snakes. 



Bali/s hiinnlnifunus Gthr. 



Specimens from Simla , differing from Giinther's original 

 description by the presence of only 21 transverse rows of 

 scales. Similar specimens were noticed by Steindachner 

 (Novara Reise, p. 87), Blanford and Anderson. The throat 

 in one of the specimens (young) is black , in another (more 

 advanced in age) yellow. 



Echis carinatu, Schneid. 



One specimen from Sind. 



AMPHIBIA. 



Rana ctjanophlifctis Schneid. 



Four specimens from Hurdwar , one from Simla , the lar- 

 gest specimen being distinguished by having the belly marbled. 



Jtanu tigvina Daud. 

 A large specimen from the N. W. Provinces. 



Notes from the Leyden Miuseum, Vol. IV. 



