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Records of the Indian Mtcseuni. 



[Vol. XX, 



Nasal bones narrow, oblique, wideh- separated from each 

 other ; ethmoid exposed above, obtusely pointed in front, not 

 extending to the nasals. 



Tadpole remarkable for the presence of a parotoid-like porous 

 flat oval gland on each side of the body and sometimes a third 

 near the base of the tail. Tail pointed, if to 2 times as long as 

 head. Mouth moderately large ; beak broadly edged with black ; 

 7 or 8 upper and as many lower series of horny labial teeth, the 

 outer upper marginal and uninterrupted, the second upper also 

 uninterrupted, the others paired ; the lower series all uninterrup- 

 ted or the innermost narrowly interrupted. A blackish, light- 

 edged ocellar spot on each side of the muscular part of the tail, 

 near its base. 



Measurements, in millimetres. 



1-3. Shillong, Assam (types). 4-5. Cheera Punjee, Khasi hill.s. 6. Khasi hills. 

 7-9. Klong Beng Lai, Siam. 10. Man Son Mts., Tonkin. 11-12. Pegu (Ind. Mus.). 



Habitat. Hills of Assam, Siam and Tonkin (near the Kwangsi 

 frontier), Pegu. A recently transformed young, labelled as from 

 Moulmein, is preserved in the British IMuseum and appears to be 

 referable to the species described and figured liy Stoliczka as 

 Hylorana tylleri. 



I believe the specimens referred Ijy Annandale to R. lepto- 

 glossa, Cope, belong to this species. According to Annandale' s 

 short description they differ from Cope's t3'pe by the longer hind 

 limb (tibio-tarsal articulation reaching end of snout 01 beyond in- 

 stead of to front of orbit) and the dorso-lateral fold is represented 

 as narrow (instead of ' heavy'). No mention is made by Cope of 

 the interruption in the dark band extending from the tip of the 

 snout to behind the tympanum ; his description is ' ' Above 

 olivaceus, with a blackish band from end of muzzle to groin, mar 

 gined with yellow below, from below eye to axilla." 



Dr. Annandale has been so kind as to send me three speci- 

 mens from Pegu, from Stoliczka's collection, representing his Rana 



