78 RANIDZE. 
5, Rhacophorus? tephreomystax. 
Polypedates tephreeomystax, A. Dum. Ann. Se. Nat. (3) xix. p. 158. 
Vomerine teeth in two oblique series between the choane. Snout 
short, rounded ; nostril a little nearer the tip of the snout than the 
eye; tympanum much smaller than the eye. Belly covered with 
very large glandules. Yellowish grey above, more or less spotted 
with black ; limbs cross-barred. 
Madagascar. 
6. Rhaeopherus hecticus. 
Polypedates hecticus, Peters, Mon. Berl, Ac. 1863, p. 457. 
Vomerine teeth in two oblique series between the choanz. Snout 
rounded ; canthus rostralis distinct; loreal region concave ; nostril 
nearer the tip of the snout than the eye; tympanum two thirds the 
width of the eye. Fingers slightly, toes nearly entirely webbed ; 
disks of fingers very large, heart-shaped, of toes much smaller; sub- - 
articular tubercles moderate ; two metatarsal tubercles. The hind 
limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 
lation reaches beyond the tip of the snout. Skin tubercular above, 
smooth beneath; a narrow glandular fold along each side of the 
back ; another from the angle of the mouth below the tympanum to 
the axilla. Greyish blue above; glandular folds white, black-edged ; 
upper lip white. Male without vocal sac. 
Samar Island. 
7. Rhacophorus stictomerus. 
Ixalus stictomerus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 575, pl. 66. £. C. 
Vomerine teeth in two small groups close to the inner edges of 
the choanz. Snout rather pointed ; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal 
region nearly flat; nostril nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; 
interorbital space scarcely broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum 
one third the width of the eye. Fingers slightly, toes two-thirds 
webbed; disks and subarticular tubercles moderate; a small inner 
metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along 
the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches in front of the eye. 
Skin smooth, granular on the belly and under the thighs; a fold 
above the tympanum. Light brown above, with indistinct symme- 
trical markings; loreal region dark brown; a black temporal streak ; 
limbs indistinctly cross-barred ; front and hinder side of thighs 
minutely speckled with blackish ; beneath immaculate. 
Ceylon. 
a. Her. (?). Ceylon. Col. Beddome [P.]. 
(Type.) 
