40 RANIDZ. 
Dip. Damascus. Dr. Anderson [P.]. 
WONG Guezama. W.C.Trevelyan, Ksq.[ P. ]. 
v2. Euphrates Expedition. 
wo. Her. Bussorah. W. T. Blanford, Esq. ret 
aa. & Shiraz. W.T. Blanford, Esq. [C. |. 
Var. japonica. 
Rana esculenta, Schley. Faun. Japon., Rept. p. 109, pl. 3. f. 1; Giinth. 
Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 408; Martens, Preuss. Exped. O.-As. 1. p. 111. 
marmorata, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 500; Camerano, 
Atti Ae. Tor. xiv. p. 871. 
nigromaculata, Hallow. 1. e. 
? Hoplobatrachus reinhardti, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 711. 
Rana esculenta marmorata, Lataste, Le Naturaliste, 1880, p. 210, and 
Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr.*1880, p. 6. 
Inner metatarsal tubercle very large, shovel-shaped ; interrupted 
narrow glandular folds along the back. 
Japan, China. 
aa-yy, db-€e. 3 Q. Japan. Leyden Museum. 
¢¢. Several spec.: ¢, Chefoo. R. Swinhoe [C. ]. 
9, & yg. 
7; 66-Ad. Many spec. : Shanghai. R. Swinhoe [C.]. 
3,2, & yg. 
puere Chusan. 
vy-o0, mmr. 3, 9, & yg. Ningpo. 
40, Rana porosa. 
Tomopterna porosa, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 111. 
Vomerine teeth in two groups between the choane. Head mode- 
rate; tympanum nearly as large as the eye. First finger longer 
than second; toes nearly completely webbed; inner metatarsal 
tubercle shovel-like. The hind limb being carried forwards along 
the body, the metatarsal tubercle reaches beyond the tip of the 
snout. A glandular dermal fold from above the tympanum to above 
groin on the side; the greatest part of the upper eyelid glandular 
and covered with pores. Brown above, with dark grey shades ; 
sometimes an imperfect pale vertebral line; sides handsomely 
marbled with white below and grey above. 
Kanagawa, Japan. 
41. Rana utricularia. 
Rana utricularia, Harlan, Stllim. Journ. x. p. 59, and Journ. Ae. 
Phailad, v. p. 357. 
—— halecina, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1856, p. 141. 
berlandieri, Baird, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., Rept. p. 27, pl. 36. 
f. 7-10. 
This Frog is certainly distinct from R. halecina, though very 
closely allied to it, as, according to the authors quoted above, the 
