42 



II, Toes webbed at the base. 



Metatarsal tubercles small, scarcely prominent. 2. olivacea, p. 42, 



III, Toes perfectly free, 3. triangularis, -p. 4:2. 



1. Calli'la obscura [Plate VIII. 3], 



Callula obscura, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. 1864, p. 438 ; BIgr. Cat. 

 1882, p, 169, pi, XIII, fig. 3. 



Tips of fingers dilated into well -developed truncated discs ; toes 

 one-third or half- webbed, tips slightly swollen ; two small metatarsal 

 tubercles, the inner oval, blunt, scarcely prominent, the outer minute, 

 rounded. Skin smooth, or with small flat tubercles on the head and 

 back. Colour and markings (of spirit specimens): above brownish or 

 greyish with blackish angular markings, sometimes uniform blackish- 

 brown ; beneath blackish-brown, spotted with whitish. 



Specimens in the British Museum from Travancore, Malabar, and 

 the Anamallays, 



2. Callula olivacea [Plate YIII. 4]. 



Callula olivacea, Giinth. Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1875, p. 567, pi. LXIY, 

 fig.B. 



Fingers rather slender, the tips dilated, truncate ; toes not dilated 

 at the ends, with a slight rudiment of web ; two small, scarcely prominent 

 metatarsal tubercles, the inner elongate. Skin nearly smooth. Colour 

 and markings (of spirit specimens) : olive above, marbled with dark 

 brown ; belly whitish, immaculate. 



Specimens in the British Museum from the Yellagherri hills, and 

 the Godavari valley : in the Madras Museum from Madras, where this 

 species has been found by Mr. J. R. Henderson, living in white-ant 

 nests in his compound which adjoins that of the Museum. I have 

 seen a single specimen in my own garden in Madras feeding on white- 

 ants underneath a flower-pot. 



3. Callula triangularis [Plate VIII. 5] . 



Callula triangularis, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 576 ; Blgr. 

 Cat. 1882, p. 171, pi. XIII, fig, 4. 



Tips of fingers dilated into rather small truncated discs ; toes per- 

 fectly free, the tips not dilated ; two small metatarsal tubercles, inner 

 one largest, oval, blunt. Skin smooth, or with some flat tubercles on 

 the back. Colour and markings (of spirit specimens) : light olive 

 above, with a large triangular blackish spot occupying nearly the whole 

 length of the backs ; sides and lower surfaces blackish brown, latter 

 spotted with whitish ; limbs blackish brown with large light olive spots. 



Specimens in the British Museum from Malabar and the Nilgiris ; 

 in the Madras Museum from Ootacamund (7,000 feet) : length of body 

 31 mm., hind leg 40 mm, 



