20 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voiv. VIII^ 



doubt. Their tympana are smaller than is usually the case in 

 B. melanosiictus and in two of them are also somewhat obscured. 

 The parietal ridges are absent in one specimen and in the others, 

 although they are present, they are very indistinct. 



Fam. PEIvOBATlDAE. 



The genus Megalophrys is represented in the collection by 

 tadpoles which seem to belong to at least two species and also by 

 a single small frog, which I have accepted as the type of a new 

 species. The tadpoles are discussed below (p. 28). 



25. Megalophrys kempii, sp. nov. 

 (Plate iii, fig. 5.) 



Although the only specimen obtained is very small, I am 

 inclined to think from its general appearance that it is at least 

 sub-adult. The species is clearly related to M. heteropus (Bou- 

 lenger),^ but the snout is rather longer, the tympanum larger and 

 the hind legs longer. 



Habit slender. Length (of type) from snout to vent 15 mm. 



Hea^ moderate, little depressed; snout longer than eye, slop- 

 ing forwards above, rounded at the tip, truncate vertically, pro- 

 jecting ver5Mittle bej-ond lower jaw; nostril much nearer tip of 

 snout than e3"e; canthus rostralis distinct; loreal region concave, 

 nearly vertical; interorbital distance much greater than width of 

 upper ej-e-lid; tympanum fully exposed, nearly as large as eye, 

 close to which it is situated. 



Mouth. — No vomerine teeth ; tongue slightly cleft behind. 



Skin of back, limbs, throat and chest smooth, of belly 

 obscurely granular ; some irregular tubercles on the base of the 

 thighs. No dorso-lateral or supratympanic folds. 



Limbs slender. Fingers short, free, bearing (except 

 the first, which is merely blunt) very small but distinct disks ; 

 first finger shorter than second ; lower surface of hand smooth ; 

 subarticular tubercles poorly developed ; no metacarpal tubercles. 

 Hind limb long ; the tibio-metatarsal articulation reaches the tip 

 of the snout; toes slender, the fourth ver3'' long, with small 

 disks and the rudiments of a web ; subarticular tubercles poorly 

 developed ; no metatarsal tubercles; no tarsal fold. 



Colouration. — Dorsal surface dark olive with more or less 

 symmetrically arranged greyish-green marks ; upper surface of 

 snout of latter shade ; hind limbs obscurely banded with dark 

 olive; ventral surface yellowish, suffused with dark olive; throat 

 densely powdered with that shade but ornamented with clear 

 yellowish spots. 



Habitat. — Upper Rotung (2,000 ft.) : i-i-12. 



Type. — No. 17013 in Indian Museum register of Reptiles and 

 Batrachia. 



1 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7), vi, p. 186 (1900), and P.Z.S., 1908 (i), p. 422, 

 fis. 2. 



