XII. DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW 

 BATRACHIANS FROM THE GARO HII.LS, 



ASSAM. 



By G. A BouLENGER, LL.D., D.Sc, F.R.S. 



Dr. N. Annandale has kindly submitted to me for study and 

 description, examples of four new Batrachians obtained in the Garo 

 Hills, by Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Kemp. Descriptions of three of 

 these are here given, the fourth, Rana garoensis, being reserved for 

 a monograph of the genus Rana which is shortly to be published 

 in the Records of the Indian Museum. 



Nectophryne kempi, sp. nov. 



Head moderately large, broader than long, fiat above, distinct 

 from ' neck ' ; snout short, truncate at the end, feebly projecting 

 beyond the mouth ; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region nearly 

 vertical, slightly concave; nostril near the tip of the snout ; inter- 

 orbital region broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum hidden. 

 Fingers moderately elongate, much depressed, with feebly dilated, 

 truncate tips, -| webbed; first finger about f the length of second; 

 subarticular tubercles indistinct. Hind limb short, the tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaching the shoulder ; tibia ^ the length of head and 

 bod3^ Toes | webbed, the tips broadly rounded but not dilated ; 

 subarticular tubercles small, flat ; two small metatarsal tubercles ; 

 no tarsal fold. Upper parts rough with granules and small round 

 tubercles ; a rather prominent, elliptic parotoid gland ; lower parts 

 granulate. Blackish brown above, dark brown beneath ; lower 

 surface of fore limb and thigh yellowish ; a large round yellowish 

 spot on each side of the breast, at the base of the arm. 



From snout to vent 34 millim. 



Two specimens from above Tura, 2,500 ft., obtained by Mr. 

 Kemp. N. maculata, Mocquard, from Kina Balu, Borneo, was 

 the only Asiatic species known in which the tympanum is completely 

 hidden, but it is distinguished from the toad here described by a 

 very slender form. 



Ixalus garo, sp. nov. 



Snout truncate, scarcely projecting, a little shorter than the 

 diameter of the orbit ; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region slight- 

 ly oblique, concave ; nostril equally distant from the eye and the 

 tip of the snout, interorbital region broader than the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum distinct, one-thrid the diameter of the eye. 

 Fingers short, free ; toes short, webbed at the base ; discs of 



