19l8.] C. U. Narayan Rao : Indian Engystomatidae. 43 



Microhyla pulchra (Hallow). 

 Larva. 



1917. Microhyla pulchra, Smith, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam II. p. 229. 



Kaloula obscura, Glinth. 

 Larva. 



1903-04. Ferguson, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hid. Soc, Vol. XV, p. 507. 



Kaloula pulchra. Gray. 

 Larva. 



1917. Annandale, Mem. As. Soc. Bengal, Vol. VI, p. 152. 

 1916. Smith, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, Vol. II, p. 40. 

 1903-04. Butler, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, Vol. XV, p. 391. 



Kaloula variegata (Stoliczka). 



This is a veiy common frog in South India, whose presence after a 

 heavy shower (not less than two inches) is detected by the peculiar cry 

 represented by the syllables " Qhauy, Qhuay, Qhauy." It has been 

 taken in the termites' nest in company with the black scorpion Palam- 

 naeus} 



Larva. 



Body oval, flat on both surfaces ; length to breadth as 3 is to 2, snout 

 rounded, truncate. Nostrils close to the median line, equidistant 



Fig. 1. — Larva of Kaloula variegata. 

 A. Side view. B. Ventral view. C. Mouth-parts, 

 a = vent ; h = spiracular hood ; h.r. = homy ridge ; m = mouth ; mp = muciferous 

 pits ; p = papillae ; s = spiracular opening. 



1 am indebted for this information to Dr. J. R. Henderson of the Madras Museum. 



