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3y^^ Inclies ; length of the hind leg, measured from the vent to the 

 extremity of the longest toe, 4 inches.' 



Specimens are recorded by Giinther {Rcpt. Brit. Itid.) whose bodies 

 attained to a length of 5 j inches, the hind limb being 8 inches (measiucd 

 from the vent). 



As regards the utility of tank frogs to fishes, Mr. H. S. Thomas 

 says :^ " The frogs also, which have been existing on land the while, 

 living on the insects with wlih^h India is rife, suddenly appear in multi- 

 tudes on the filling of the tanks, and, unfriendly though they are to fry, 

 make up for it by betaking themselves from the land to be food for 

 fishes, notably for the Oj)hioci'p/i(tlci(/(e and SilurkkeJ" 



2. EaNA CYANOPHLYCTIS [PlATE IV. 1]. 



Kana cvanophlyctis, Schneid. Hist. A)nph. 1. p. 137 ; Peters, Man. 

 Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 78 ; Gilnth. Rrpt. Brit. Ind. 1864, p. 4U6; Steindachn, 

 Novara. Amph. p. 20; Stoliczka, Proc. As. Sac. Bcng. 1872, p. 102; 

 Blgr. Cat. 1882, p. 17. 



Eana leschenhaultii, Giinth. Cat. 1858, p. 11 ; Dam. Si Bibr. p. 342 ; 

 Cantor. Cat. Mai. E>'pf. p. 138. 



Rana bengalensis, Gray, Ind. Zod. ; Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. ZeyL 

 1852, p. 192. 



Dicroglossus adolfi, Giinth. Proc. Zoo/. Sor. 1860, p. 158, pi. 28, f. 13, 

 and Rept. Brit. Ind. 1864, p. 402. 



Skin with small tubercles and warts above ; besides, more or less 

 distinct rows of pores. Fingers and toes pointed, the first finger not 

 extending beyond the second ; toes webbed to the tips, which are 

 pointed ; fourth toe not much longer than the third and fifth ; inner 

 metatarsal tubercle very like a rudimentary sixth toe. Colour and 

 markings (of spirit specimens) : brown, or brownish olive above, dark 

 spotted or marbled; two blackish or brownish streaks on the hinder 

 side of the thighs seldom absent ; beneath often speckled with blackish. 



"This species" Giinther says {RqA. Brit. Ind.) " is closely allied 

 to R. hexadacti/la, bnt remains much smaller, specimens from IJ to 2 

 inciies long being fully mature ; the longest example I have examined 

 is 2 J inches long, the hind liml) measuring 3| inches. It differs 

 constantly from R. hexadactijla in having a longer thigh." 



Spe(;imens in the British Museum from the Nilgiris, Malabar, and 

 Godavari valley ; in the Madras Museum from Madras : greatest length 

 of body \\ inches; of hind leg 2j inches. 



3. Eana kuhlii. 



Eanakuhlii (Schlcg.), Dam. Sf Biljr., p. 384 ; Anders. Anat. Zool. Res. 

 Yannan. 1878, p. 838'; /i/r/r. Cat. 1882, p. 20. 



Eaua kuhlii, part, Ganth. Rept., Brit. Ind. 1864. p. 404, pi. XXVI, 

 f. A, and Cat. 1858, p. 8. 



Rana conspicillata, Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 595, pi. 40, f. 

 A; /(/. Zool. Record. 1872, vol. IX, p. 79. 



' In every case the length of the bodj' is measured from the tip of the nose to the 

 vent, and the length of the hind leg from the vent to the extremity of the longest toe. 

 2 Tank Angling in India, 18S7. 



