224 DR. MALCOLM SMITH ON 



tliis species lias descended into Siam Cioin Huriiia, 1 have never 

 yet seen any specimen from tiie Nortii. One 1 believe was obtained 

 in the Chiengmai district some years ago. Neither has it been met 

 with south ot Bangkok, and it is not known from the I'eninsula. ^ 



Callula mediol'iieata, sp. nov. 



Diaijnosis. Finger tips not terminating in truncated discs, toes 

 nearly or quite half webbed, two large compressed metatarsal tubercles. 



Nearest to C. pixla Bibr., from the i'hilippines, and C, verrucosa 

 Boulenger, trom Yunnan and N. China. 



From C. jndchra, the only other species of this genus at present 

 known from the same region, it can be distinguished by tlie charactt- rs 

 above-mentioned, and by the elongated mark on the posterior part ot 

 the back. 



IJescrij^ilio'u. Snout short, rounded. Fingers free, first shorter 

 than second, the tips very slightly swollen. Toes moderate, nearly or 

 quite half webbed, the tips not swollen. Subarticular tubercles well 

 developed ; two large, compressed, blunt-edged metatarsal tubercles, 

 the inner largest, elongate, the outer two-thirds the length of the inner. 

 The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the shoulder or the posterior 

 corner of the eye. 



iSkin above smooth, or with small Hat tubercles; a feeble fold 

 may be present from the eye to the shoulder. 



Colour (in life). Above light or dark olive, the snout (laler, 

 with a clear line of dem.T,rcation from eye to eye. A broad ligiit yellow- 

 er brownish irregular stripe, from the upper eyelid to inset of thigh, 

 and another, narrower one, from near the middle of the back to above 

 the vent. Lower half of fl inks, and limbs above, marbled with dark 

 olive and buff. Below whitish or pale buff, the throat, and usually the 

 chest, mottled with brown. Iris golden green, veined with black. 



Light variegations may be present upon the back, and the 

 yellow stripe along the side of the body may be indistinct or broken 

 up. The median stripe appea'-s to be constant, but is variable in 

 length. 



Ti/pe localiiij. J^rachuap Kirikan, S. W. Siam.* 



• Known until two years iil,m. lUld ni;irkrd im all niap- np till tiiat date, 

 as Koli Ijuk. 



JuLli.N. .NAT. Illbl. bOC. SIAM. 



