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Specimens in the British Museum from Malabar, Travancore, Siva- 

 giri, the Anamallays, and North Canara. A single specimen in the 

 Madras Museiun from Tinnevelly ; length of body 2 inches, hind leg 4-^ 

 inches. 



11. Kan A SEMIPALMATA [Plate V. 2]. 



Eana semipalmata, Blqr. Cat. 1882, p. 56, pi. IV, fig. 3. 



This species is stated by Boulenger to be intermediate between 

 R. beddomii and R. leptodacti/la, differing from both by the much larger 

 tympanum ; from the former by the toes, which are only half-webbed ; 

 from the latter by the length of the first finger, which is superior to that 

 of the second, and by the more extensive web between the toes. 



Specimens in the British Museum from Malabar. 



12. Bana leptodactyla. 



Eana leptodactyla, Blgr. Cat. 1882, p. 57. 



Polypedates brevipalmatus, Gilnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 572. 



Tongue with a fiee, pointed, conical papilla in the middle ; tympa- 

 num half the width of the eye ; toes one-third webbed ; tips of fingers 

 and toes dilated into small discs ; skin of the back generally with short 

 longitudinal glandular folds ; lower surface smooth. 



Specimens in the British Museum from Malabar and the Anamallays. 



13. Rana DiPLOSTicTA [Plate V. 3]. 



Eana diplosticta, Blgr. Cat. 1882, p. 58. 



Ixalus diplostictus, Gilnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 574, pi. LXIII, 

 fig. C. 



" Closely allied to, and perhaps not different from, the preceding. 

 The canthus rostralis is perhaps more angular and the loreal regions not 

 quite so oblique. A black spot above the loin." {Blgr.) " Tongue with 

 a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the median line. Tympa- 

 num distinct, not quite half the size of the eye ; skin of the back with 

 some longitudinal folds. A cutaneous fold along the tarsus, commenc- 

 ing from the single metatarsal tubercle ; fingers quite free ; toes slender, 

 with a very short web. Discs small ; pinkish olive coloured, with a black , 

 line along the canthus rostralis, broader behind the eye, and continued 

 over the tympanum. Symmetrical black spots on the sides — one in 

 front of the axil, another on the middle of the sides of the trunk, a third 

 above the loin ; one or the other of these spots may be absent. Legs 

 with dark cross-bars ; anal region and soles of the feet black. Abdomen 

 light coloured; throat sometimes mottled with brown.'^ (Gunth. I.e. I^ 

 diplostictus.) 



Specimens in the British Museum from Malabar. 



14. Eana phrynoderma. 



Eana phrynoderma, Blgr. Cat. 1882, p. 462. 



Tongue with a free, pointed, conical papilla in the middle. Tym» 

 panum rather indistinct, about two-thirds the diameter of the eye. 

 Fingers and toes rather short, the tips dilated into small discs ; first 



