470 ADDENDA. 
space broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum small, very indis- 
tinct in non-desiccated specimens. Fingers with a rudiment of 
web, 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 
tip of the snout, or between the latter and the eye. Skin smooth 
above, granulate beneath; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. 
Blue-green or purplish above, generally uniform, sometimes with 
small black spots; a purplish-brown streak on canthus rostralis and 
generally on postocular fold; loreal region white, uniform or with 
purplish-brown spots, or purplish brown, dotted or not with whitish ; 
arms, and generally forearms, colourless; thighs with a stripe of 
pigment on their upper surface. Male with an external subgular 
vocal sac, situated on the thoracic region. From snout to vent 
23 millim. 
8. India. 
a. Many spec.: ¢,2,&hgr. Manantoddy. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
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8a. NANNOBATRACHUS. 
Pupil erect. Tongue free and nicked behind. Vomerine teeth. 
Tympanum hidden. Fingers and toes free, the tips dilated into 
small disks. Outer metatarsals separated by a groove. Omo- 
sternum and sternum slender, cartilaginous. Terminal phalanges 
bifurcate. 
India. ; 
Closely allied to Nyctibatrachus. 
1. Nannobatrachus beddomii. 
Vomerine teeth in two oblique oval groups behind the level of the 
choane. Habit stout. Snout short, reunded, without canthus 
rostralis; interorbital space narrow, much narrower than the upper 
eyelid. Fingers moderate, first shorter than second; toes moderate, 
with a slight rudiment of web; disks and subarticular tubercles 
very small; a very indistinct inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind 
limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal 
articulation reaches the tip of the snout, or not quite so far. Skin 
quite smooth. Brown above, variegated with darker; generally a 
more or less defined light band on each side of the back; limbs 
cross-barred ; whitish beneath, immaculate. From snout to vent 
20 millim. 
Malabar. 
ab. So. Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
c. Several spec., ¢ Q. Tinnevelly. Col. Beddome [C.}. 
