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7. Aninteresting Frog—Mr. E. E. Green has handed over to me 
a curious frog from Maha Illuppallama, which has been identified 
as Cacopus globulosus, described by Giinther in “ The Reptiles of 
British India.” Its chief interest lies in the fact that it is distended 
in an extraordinary manner so as to look like a ball, from which the 
head and limbs project. Giinther states that this distension is 
caused by a fluid contained in the abdominal cavity. A _ brief 
examination shows that this is not the case, and that the fluid- 
containing cavity is none other than the subcutaneous lymph 
sinuses which are greatly enlarged in this form. The dorsal sinus 
is especially spacious, and has a height of 15 mm. from floor to roof. 
(The length of the frog from mouth to vent is 75mm.) In Giinther’s 
account he speaks of the distension of a female specimen being due 
to the growth of the ovaries, and his description suggests that the 
ovaries grow into the large cavity on the back. This is not possible, 
as the subcutaneous lymph sinuses are separate from the ccelom. 
There is only one other species in this genus, namely, Cacopus 
systoma, which differs but slightly from C. globulosus, and which 
resembles it in the robust appearance due to the enlargement of the 
Subcutaneous lymph sinuses. This interesting character is not 
given in the diagnosis of the genus either by Giinther or Boulenger. 
JOSEPH PEARSON. 
8. The African Land Snail in Ceylon.—A very large specimen of 
Achatina fulica was sent to me in September by the Hon. Mr. C.T. D. 
Vigors, Government Agent, Western Province, from a garden at 
Moragalla, in Beruwalbadda of the Kalutara Totamune. The total 
weight of the animaland shell was 13 ounces, and the length of the 
shell from the apex to the base was 64 inches. This appears to be 
the largest specimen of this species recorded from Ceylon. 
JOSEPH PEARSON. 
9. Symphyla of Ceylon.—When turning over stones and logs of 
wood, both in the neighbourhood of Kandy (1,500—2,500 ft.) and 
at Pattipola (6,000 ft.), a minute white centipede is frequently 
found. The group—Symphyla—to which it belongs is one of 
exceptional interest anatomically, as it helps us to bridge over the 
wide gap between insects and the centipede-like ancestor, from 
which they are commonly supposed to have been derived. In 
spite of the interest of the group, however, hardly anything is 
known of its embryology and little of its habits. 
