238 EAIS'ID.!). 



252. Rana luctuosa. 



Limnoilytes luctuosus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 579 ; id. Ann. 



Mas. Civ. Genova, iii, p. 43, pi. vi, fig-. 1 (1872). 

 Rana luctvosa, Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 68 (1882) ; S. Flower, 



P. Z.S. 189(3, p. 904, pi. xlvi, and 1899, p. 896 ;• A. L. Butler, 



Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bombay, xv, p. 199 (1903). 

 Iia?ia clecorata, Mocquard, N. Arcli. Mas. (3) ii, p. 145, pi. x, fi<r. 1 



(1890). 



Vomerine teeth in two small oblique groups between the choaiiae. 

 Head moderate ; snout rounded, as long as the orbit, with indis- 

 tinct canthus rostralis and scarcely oblique, feebly concave loreal 

 region ; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; tym- 

 panum very distinct, about | the diameter o£ the eye. Fingers 

 rather short, first extending beyond second : toes moderate, 

 5 webbed ; tips of fingers slightly, of toes more distinctly dilated ; 

 subarticular tubercles moderate ; a small, oval inner metatarsal 

 tubercle ; no outer metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articula- 

 tion reaches the tip of the snout, or not quite so far. Skin smooth. 

 Top of head and back bright red or rich dark chocolate-brown, 

 bordered on each side from the end of the snout to the base of the 

 hind limbs by a very distinct white or yellow line ; sides of head 

 and body very dark brown or black ; tympanum dark reddish 

 brown ; along the lower part of the sides cf the body a few white 

 or yellow spots in an irregular hne from angle of mouth to thigh ; 

 limbs very dark brown or bluish black with bluish-white or very 

 pale grey or orange marbliugs or transverse lines ; throat brown 

 or black, remainder of the lower paxls dirty buff, darker on the 

 limbs, sometimes with small light spots. Iris pale golden bronze, 

 extensively marked with very dark bronze. Male without vocal 

 sacs. 



From snout to vent 50 millim. 



Tadpole with sinistral spiraculum and dextral anus. Lip 

 bordered ^ith papilUe and with 5 or 6 series of fine horny teeth 

 above, only the outer uninterrupted, and 4 series beneath, the inner 

 very naiTowly interrupted, the remainder uninterrupted; beak 

 broadly edged* with black. Tail acutely pointed, the upper crest 

 not extending on the back. Blackish brown above, white beneath, 

 with a grey mottled tail. Total length 68 milhm. 



First described from Borneo, this very handsome frog has been 

 found common on Penang Hill, between 2000 and 2200 feet, and 

 in the Larut Hills, Perak, at an altitude of 4000 feet. 



253. Eana macrodactyla. 



Hylorana macroductyle, Giinth. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 72, pi. ii, fig. C 



(1858) ; id. Kept, Brit. Ind. p. 424 (1864). 

 Rana trivittata, Hallow. Proc, Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 604. 



