Specimens in the British Museum from ^ladras ; in the Madras 

 Mnsenm from Madras, Cochin, Ootacamnud and Kotagiri (6,U0U feet). 



Many of the specimens, which I have examined on the Nilgiris, 

 in the neighbourhood of Coonoor and Kotagiri, where this species is 

 very abundant in damp phices, and the banks of streams, are very much 

 larger than any which I have seen in tire plains, and the females are 

 far larger than the males. The measui-emeuts of the largest female, 

 (captured during the breeding season) which I have seen, are length of 

 body 31 inches, hind leg 4 inches, feome of the Nilgiri specimens 

 had, diu'ing life, bright red markings, or a diffuse red staining on the 

 upper surface of the body, while the colour of others was a uniform 

 pale yellow. 



5. BUFO MICROTYMPANUM [PlATE XIII. 1]. 



Bufo microtympanum, Bhjr. Cat. 1882, p. 307, pi. XXII, fig. 1. 



Head with prominent bony ridges; tympanum very small, not 

 half the width of the eye ; first finger extending beyond second ; toes 

 about half-webbed ; two metatarsal tubercles. Upper surfaces with 

 irregular, distinctly porous warts ; parotoids prominent, elliptic, twice 

 or twice and-a-half longer than broad. Colour and markings (of 

 spirit specimens) : dark brown above, yellow beneath, marbled with 

 brown. 



Specimens in the British Museum from Malabar; in the Madras 

 Museum from Kodaikanal, Puluey hills (7,000 feet). I have also 

 seen it on the Nilgiris, in a hole in decayed wood in a forest near 

 Coonoor. 



6. Buro PARiETALis [Plate XIII, 2]. 



Bufo parietalis, Blgr. Cat. 1882, p. 312, pi. XXI, fig. 2. 



Crown with very prominent ridges ; tympanum two-thirds the 

 width of the eye ; first finger extending beyond second ; toes half 

 webbed ; two metatarsal tubercles. Upper surfaces covered with irregu- 

 lar warts ; parotoids elliptic, very prominent. Colour and markings 

 (of spirit specimens) : uniform brown above; beneath marbled with 

 brown. 



Specimens in the British Museum from Malabar. 



ORDER II. APODA. 



No limbs ; tail rudimentary. Males with an intromittent oopulatory 

 organ. Adapted for burrowing. 



FAMILY. CGECILIID^. 

 Synopsis of Genera. 



Cycloid imbricated scales imbedded in the skin, at least on the borders of 

 the circular folds ; eyes distinct. 



Tentacle conical, exsertile, surrounded by a ring-shaped groove, 

 situated between the nostril and the eye, near the lip. 



1. Ichthyophis, p. 48. 

 Tentacle as in the preceding, but sif-uated below the nostril. 



2. Urseotyphlus, p. 49. 



