286 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. III^ 



Micrixalus fusciis. 



A single specimen from the edge of a jungle stream at Madda- 

 tliorai. The back of the thighs was bright lemon-yellow in life. 



Ixalus nasulus. 



A common species in long grass at the base of the Western 

 Ghats. 



Localities. — Kulattupuzha, Tenmalai. 



Microliyla rubra. 



Apparently abundant in open country. Tadpoles are com- 

 mon in November in little pools of rain-water in the sand near 

 Trivandrum. 



Bujo inelanostictus. 



Common all over the plains. vSome specimens from Ernakulam 

 are unusually dark, the ventral surface being black marbled with 

 white. 



Ichthyophis gluiinosa. 



A specimen was taken at Maddathorai in a hollow tree. It 

 had the whole of the ventral surface pure white and therefore dif- 

 fered in appearance from the typical form. A careful comparison, 

 however^ with normal specimens, including a microscopic examina- 

 tion of the scales, reveals no other difference. 



I propose to call the form with the white ventral surface— var. 

 tricolor. 



N. Ann AND ALE. 



FISH. 



Notes on Indian Freshwater Fish : — 



I. List of fishes from Sur Lake, Orissa. — The following 

 species of fish were obtained by Dr. Annandale from the Sur Lake 

 on the 22nd October, 1908. According to the Bengal District 

 Gazetteer, Puri volume, p. 6, the Sur (or »Sar) Lake is a freshwater 

 lagoon to the east of Puri town which is formed by a backwater 

 of the Bhargavi river. The lake is four miles long from east to 

 west, and two miles broad from north to south. It has no outlet 

 to the sea, from which it is separated by desolate sandy ridges : — 



TELEOSTEI - 

 Physostomi — 



vSYMBRANCHID^— 



A mphipnous cuchia. 



