3. RHACOPHORUS. 87 
tralis distinct; loreal region slightly concave; nostril equally 
distant from the eye and the tip of the snout; interorbital space 
scarcely broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum half the width 
of the eye. Fingers nearly half webbed; toes nearly entirely 
webbed ; disks of fingers and toes well developed, about two thirds 
the size of the tympanum ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; a rather 
large, but little prominent inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind 
limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 
lation reaches hardly theeye. Skin smooth above, granular beneath ; 
a fold above the tympanum. Bluish green above, immaculate. 
Male with an internal vocal sac. 
Japan. 
a-b,c. 3, 9, & her. Japan. Leyden Museum. 
(Types. ) 
24, Rhacophorus microglossus. (Pxrare IX. fig. 2.) 
Tongue extremely small. Vomerine teeth in two slightly oblique 
series commencing from the inner front edge of the choanz. Snouti 
rounded; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region slightly concave ; 
nostril equally distant from the eye and the tip of the snout; inter- 
orbital space broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum half the 
width of the eye. Fingers half webbed, toes three-fourths webbed ; 
disks of fingers and toes moderate, not quite two thirds the diameter 
of the tympanum ; subarticular tubercles not very prominent ; a 
small inner metatarsal tubercle. ‘he hind limb being carried for- 
wards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation marks the front 
of the eye. Skin smooth above, granular beneath ; a fold above the 
tympanum. Violet above, immaculate; thighs not coloured, except 
a narrow violet streak along their upper side; sides of body and of 
limbs with small blackish specks ; a white line along the outer edge 
of forearm and tarsus. Male with an internal vocal sac. 
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(orate ———F Sir Edward Belcher [P. ]. 
25. Rhacoplorus dennysii. 
Rhacophorus dennysi, Blanford, Proc, Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 224, pl. 21. 
f. 3. 
Vomerine teeth in two straight ridges,,nearly in the same right 
line, commencing from the inner front edge of the choane. Snout 
rounded ; tympanum very little smaller than the eye. Fingers and 
toes with very large disks, the former incompletely, the latter en- 
tirely webbed, reaching the disks. Folds along the edges of the 
limbs inconspicuous. Dark violet above, below dirty white mottled 
with dusky; a brown spot behind the occiput; no spots on the 
membrane between the fingers and toes. 
China? 
