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4. CACOPUS. 



1. Cacopus systoma [Plate IX. 1]. 



Cacopus systoma, Giinth. Rcpf. Brit. Lvl. 1864, p. 415; BIgr. Cat. 

 1882, p. 174 ; Thurston, Proc. ZooL Soc. 1st March 1887. 



Uperodon marmoratum, Qunth. Cat. 1858, p. 49 ; Ditm. 8f Bibi\ 

 p. 749. 



Eana systoma, Schneid. Hist. Amph. 1, p. 144; Peters, Mon. BorL 

 Ac. 1 863, p. 82. 



Eiig-y stoma marmoratum, Cui\ R, A. ; Guerin. Icon. Rept. pi. 

 XXVir, fig. 3. 



Systoma lesclienhaultii, Tsc/iitdi. Batr. p. 86. 



Systoma marmoratum, Steiiidachn, Novara. Amph. p. 36. 



? Pachybatraehus Petersii, Keferd. Arch.f. Naturg. 1868, p. 274, pi. 

 6, figs. 8-10. 



Habit stout ; snout rounded, without canthus rostralis ; inter-orbital 

 space twice or not quite twice the width of the upper eyelid ; toes 

 webbed at the base; two strong, shovel-shaped metatarsal tubercles, 

 the inner as long as the second toe. Skin smooth, upper surface some- 

 times tubercular. Colour and markings (of spirit specimens) : olive or 

 pinkish brown above, marbled with blackish brown ; beneath whitish, 

 immaculate. 



This species_, which has been recorded by Colonel Beddome (llanual 

 of the Nilagiri District, 1880) from ihe slopes of the Nilgiris, can be 

 found in large numbers at night in Madi-as compounds during the 

 monsoon, emitting a characteristic sound. The male has an enormous 

 sub-gular vocal sac' I have seen it in the month of January, apparently 

 in a torpid state, buried in a hole, which it had excavated for itself, 

 underneath flower-pots in my gai'don. 



Specimens in the Britisii Museum from Madras and the Balarangam 

 hills ; in the Madras Museum from Madras and the Nilgiris. Colour 

 of the upper surfac3 of living specimens black or blackish brown with 

 delicate primrose undulating marbling. Length of body 2-j^ inches, 

 hind leg 2g inches. 



2. Cacopus globulosus [Plate X. 1]. 



Cacopus globulosus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Lid. 1864, p. 416, pi. XXVI> 

 fig. K ; Anderson, Proc. ZooL Soc. 1871, p. 201 ; B/gr. Cat. 1882, p. 175 ; 

 Thurston, Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1st March, 1887. 



Systoma globulosum. Cope. Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 194. 



Grlobular ; habit stouter than the preceding ; snout longer with 

 distinct canthus rostralis ; inter-orbital space three times the width of the 

 upper eyelid ; inner metatarsal tubercle longer than the second toe. 

 Colour and markings (of spirit specimens): brown, uniform, or spotted 

 with darker. 



Specimens in the British and Madras Museums from Eussellkonda. 

 The specimen in tlie Madras Museum (length of body 2| inches, hind 

 log 2-f^ inches) has its stomach enormously distended by a mass of 

 winged white-ants {termites.) 



Griinther says [he.) with respect to two specimens of this species from 

 Russellkonda : " The younger is 13 lines long, the larger (a very old 



