58 RANIDZE, 
limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 
lation reaches the tip of the snout, or beyond, the length of the 
limb being very variable. Skin of the back generally with short 
longitudinal glandular folds; lower surfaces smooth. Olive or 
brownish above, mottled with darker; a more or less distinct sub- 
triangular dark spot between the eyes, often limited in front by a 
light cross band; sometimes a light vertebral stripe; a black band 
along the canthus rostralis, and a black temporal spot; limbs cross- 
barred; beneath, immaculate or spotted with brown, sometimes 
brown dotted with white. 
S.W. India. 
a-b, Many spec.: 2, Malabar. Col. Beddome [P. ]. 
her., & yg. 
c. Several spec., 2. Malabar. Cel eae Types of Poly- 
ee pedates brevi- 
GHEE | Anamallays. bias palmmitus 
e-g. Her. —? T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 
77. Rana diplosticta. 
Ixalus diplostictus, Giinth. Proc, Zool. Soc, 1875, p. 574, pl. 63. f. c. 
This species is very closely allied to, and perhaps not different 
from, the preceding. The canthus rostralis is rather more angular 
and the loreal regions not quite so oblique. A black spot above the 
loin. 
Malabar. 
a-d. 9 & her. Malabar. Col. Beddome [P.]. (Types.) 
e-f. Her. Malabar. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 
78. Rana margariana. 
Hylarana margariana, Anders. Anat. Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 846, _ 
pl. 78. f. 4. 
Vomerine teeth very feebly developed, in two oblique series between 
the choanez. Head moderate, rather flat ; canthus rostralis rounded, 
with the loreal region deeply concave ; tympanum distinct, nearly 
as large as the eye. Fingers moderate, first slightly longer than 
second, with a rudimentary web (?); toes moderate, nearly entirely 
webbed; a small elongated inner metatarsal tubercle; disks of 
fingers very feebly developed, of toes more strongly so. A narrow 
glandular fold from behind the eye along the side of the body. Olive- 
brown above, with a dark, almost blackish band from the snout 
through the eye, along the sides of the groin, and a narrow pale 
line from below the eye to the shoulder ; limbs cross-barred ; throat 
and chest almost black from the profusion of dark-brown pustulations. 
Trawaddy, Yunnan. 
