40 



band on each side of the back ; limbs cross-barred ; whitish beneath, 

 immaculate. From snout to vent 20 mm. 



Specimens in the British Museum from Malabar and Tinnevelly. 



2. ENGYSTOMATID^. 



St/nojJsis of the Genera. 



I. Precoracoids present. 



Coracoids moderate, horizontal. Pupil erect ; tongue elliptical ; 

 palate without ridges. 1. Melanobatrachus, p. 40. 



II. No precoracoids. 



Pupil erect ; tongue ellipticaV; tympanum hidden ; toes more or less 

 webbed. ' 2. Microhyla, p. 40. 



Pupil erect ; tongue oblong ; palatine bones forming an acute ridge ; 

 tympanum hidden. 3. Callula, p. 41. 



Pupil erect ; tongue oval ; two small bony prominences between the 

 choanse; toes webbed at the base. 4. Cacopus, p. 43. 



1. MELANOBATRACHUS. 



1. Melanobatrachus indicus. 



Melanobatrachus indicus, Bedd. Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1878, p. 722 ; B/gr. 

 Cat. 1882, p. 157. 



Pupil erect ; tongue elliptical ; no tympanic disc ; fingers short, 

 first much shorter than second ; toes rather short, one-third webbed ; 

 metatarsal tubercles very indistinct. Upper surface tubercular ; sides 

 and lower surface smooth. Colour and markings (of spirit specimens) : 

 black ; tubercles of back greyish ; belly dotted with greyish ; a large 

 whitish (scarlet) spot on the lower surface of the thigh. 



The habitat of this species is described by Colonel Beddome (I.e.) 

 as : — "The Anamallays and the Ghat range to the south of these 

 mountains ; very rare, in moist evergreen forests of 4,000 feet elevation, 

 under old rotten logs. The specimens found were all in quite a torpid 

 state, and curled up almost into a ball, but became very active when 

 put in spirits." It is also regarded by Colonel Beddome from the 

 Nilgiris in the Manual of the Mfagiri District (1.880), where he says : 

 "This little frog only lately discovered on the Anemal^s and Madura 

 hills, has just been found at Walaghdt." 



Specimens in the British Museum from the Anamallays, 4,000 

 feet, and North Travancore ; in the Madras Museum from the Ana- 

 mallays : length of body 1| inch, hind leg 1-,V inch. 



2. MICROHYLA. 



1. Microhyla rubra. 



• Microhyla rubra, BIgr. Cat. 1882, p. 164. 



Diplopelma ornatum, part. Giinth. Cat. 1858, p. 50. 

 Engystoma rubrum, Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1853, p. 534. 



