2. RANA. 65 
Head moderate, depressed ; snout a little shorter than in R. ery- 
threa, subacuminate ; loreal region concave; interorbital space as 
broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, two thirds 
the size of the eye. Fingers and toes as in KR. erythrea; a very 
distinct outer metatarsal tubercle. ‘The hind limb being carried 
forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation extends 
slightly beyond the eye. A broad, scarcely prominent glandular 
lateral fold; another fold from beneath the eye to the shoulder. 
Chestnut-brown above, sides of head and body much darker ; glan- 
dular fold not lighter than the back ; hind limbs not cross-barred ; 
the entire lower surfaces with large chestnut-brown marblings. 
Male with two external subgular vocal sacs. Size of 2. erythrea. 
Solomon Islands. 
1, @ 9. San Christoval. Museum of Economic Geology. 
a S. Solomon Islands. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 
89. Rana tytleri. 
Hylorana tytleri, Theobald, Cat. Rept. As. Soc. Mus. p. 84; Stoliczka, 
Journ, As. Soc. 1870, p. 148, pl. 9. f. 1. 
Seems to be distinct from 2. erythrwa. Two distinct metatarsal 
tubercles, the inner one very prominent and large. Legs trans- 
versely barred with brown. 
Birmah ; Bengal. 
90, Rana erythrea. 
Hylarana erythreea, Giinth. Cat. p. 73. 
Hyla erythreea, Schleg. Abbdild. pl. 9. f. 3. 
Zé Hylarana erythrea, Tschudi, Batr. p. 78; Gitinth. Rept. Brit, Ind. 
' p. 425; Stoliczka, Proc, As. Soe. 1872, p.104; Anders. Anat, Zool. 
Res. Yunnan, p. 846. 
Limnodytes erythreus, Dum. § Bibr. p. 511, pl. 88. f.1; Cantor, 
Mal, Rept. p. 141. 
Hylorana subcerulea, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p, 139. 
Vomerine teeth in two oval oblique groups between the choane. 
Head moderate, depressed ; snout rather long, subacuminate ; loreal 
region concave; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; 
tympanum very distinct, nearly as large as the eye. Fingers rather 
slender, first not extending beyond second ; toes moderate, nearly 
entirely webbed ; tips of fingers and toes dilated into small but very 
distinct disks; subarticular tubercles moderate ; inner metatarsal 
tubercle small, oval ; outer tubercle none or indistinct. The hind 
limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 
lation reaches the tip of the snout. A rather broad and prominent 
glandular lateral fold; another fold from beneath the eye to the 
shoulder, followed by a strong glandule. Brown or olive above ; 
upper lip and glandular folds white ; hind limbs dark-speckled or 
longitudinally striped ; beneath immaculate. 
E. Indian Archipelago ; Malayan Peninsula 
