106 RANIDZE. 
median line, Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter; can- 
thus rostralis distinct ; loreal region very slightly concave ; nostril 
nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; interorbital space as broad 
as the upper eyelid; tympanum small, indistinct. Fingers free, 
toes half webbed; disks and subarticular tubercles moderate; a 
very small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried 
forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 
eye. Skin smooth above, granular beneath; a fold from the eye to 
the shoulder. Above dark brown with round yellow spots, or brown 
with dark reticulations or spots; hinder side of thighs dark brown, 
with round yellow spots; lower surfaces yellow, marbled with 
brown. Male with an internal vocal sac. 
Malabar. 
a-b, c, d,e. Many spec.: 3, 2, Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
her., & yg. 
24, Ixalus signatus. (Puate XI. fig. 2.) 
Tongue with a small papilla in the anterior part of the median 
line. Snout subacuminate, as long as the orbital diameter ; canthus 
rostralis distinct ; loreal region slightly concave; nostril nearer the 
tip of the snout than the eye; tympanum small, hidden. Fingers 
free, toes half webbed; disks and subarticular tubercles well de- 
veloped; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being 
carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 
the eye, or somewhat beyond. Skin smooth above, granular beneath. 
Greyish or brownish above; a dark cross band between the eyes, 
and a large X-shaped marking on the back; upper lip with a few 
white spots; limbs cross-barred ; hinder side of thighs not coloured ; 
sometimes with brown vermiculations ; beneath immaculate. Male 
with an internal vocal sac. 
India. 
a, Several spec.: d, 9, & her. p W. Theobald, Esq. [C.]. 
b-e. 3 9. Malabav. Col. Beddome [C. ]. 
25. Ixalus ? bimaculatus. 
Leptomantis bimaculatus, Peters, Mon, Berl. Ac. 1857, p. 32. 
Snout rounded, scarcely longer than the orbital diameter ; canthus 
rostralis distinct ; tympanum one third the width of the eye, covered 
by the skin. Fingers half webbed, first opposite to the others; toes 
nearly entirely webbed ; disks moderate ; a small inner metatarsal 
tubercle. Smooth above, granular beneath. Violet-brown above, 
with irregular dark spots and cross bands; limbs cross-barred; a 
yellowish-white spot beneath the eye, followed by a much smaller 
one ; yellowish white beneath. Male with an internal vocal sac. 
Mindanao, Philippines. 
