260 ENGTSTOMATID^. 



277' Microhyla leucostigma. 



Bouleug. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) iii, p. 275, pi. xii, fig. 1 (1899) ; 

 S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 905 ; A. L. Butler, Journ. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. Bombay, xv, p. 388 (1904). 



Habit moderately slender. Snout rounded, shorter than the 

 orbit. Eingers and toes rather short, the tips dilated into small 

 but very distinct disks ; first finger much shorter than second ; 

 toes with a slight rudiment of web ; subarticular and inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercles flat, very feebly prominent. Tibio-tarsal articula- 

 tion reaching the eye or between the eye and the tip of the snout ; 

 tibia ^ lengtla of head and body. Skin smooth. Colour in life 

 intense iridescent black above, with very small scattered bluish- 

 white spots, which increase in size towards the sides and in the 

 anal region ; upper surface of limbs reddish brown, with black 

 cross-bands, and thickly studded with very small white spots ; 

 hands and feet with bright yellow spots ; below very rich dark 

 brown, blacker on the throat, redder on the belly and thighs, 

 nearly covered with large very distinctly defined spots of intense 

 yellow, the ground colour appearing as a dark network between 

 them. Iris very dark brown, very minutely spotted with pale 

 gold. 



Erom snout to vent 27 millim. 



Discovered in the Larut Hills, Perak, altitude 3-500 feet, by 

 Capt. Flower ; has also been found in Borneo. A pair were 

 caught pairing ; the embrace was axillary, and the fingers of the 

 male did not meet on the breast of the female. 



278. Microhyla ornata. 



Enyystoma ornatum, Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. viii, p. 745 (1841). 



Diplopelma ornatum, Giinth. Kept. Brit. lud. p. 417 (1864). 



Microhyla ornata, Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 165 (1882) ; id. 

 Faun. Brit. Ind., Eept. p. 491 (1890) ; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, 

 p. 901, pi. Ix, fig. 1 ; Laidlaw, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 887. 



Habit moderately slender. Snout obtuse, as long as orbit or a 

 little longer. Fingers rather slender, first much shorter than 

 second ; toes rather slender, with a slight rudiment of web ; tips 

 of fingers and toes simply swollen or dilated into very small disks ; 

 subarticular tubercles very distinct ; two small but prominent, 

 subequal metatarsal tubercles. The tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaches the eye, or between the shoulder and the eye ; tibia 4 or 

 a little less than \ as long as head and body. Skin smooth. 

 Reddish or greyish olive above, with a large dark marking on 

 the back, beginning between the eyes and widening as it extends 

 to the hind part of the body ; on each side of this marking wavy 

 dusky lines often present ; a dark band along the side of the head 

 and body ; limbs with dark cross-bars ; throat and breast generally 

 greyish or brownish, dotted with white ; the remainder of the 

 lower parts whitish, unspotted. Iris golden, speckled with bronze. 

 Male with a large subgular vocal sac. 



