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\vho describes specimens from New Guinea. Probably a comj- 

 parison of specimens of this island and Borneo will show, 

 that they belong to two different species, if not genera. The 

 specimens of Borneo, after the description of Mocquard, have 

 an other colouration: their upper surfaces are very dark brown, 

 nearly black, their lower parts are covered with a network 

 of brown lines, including yellow meshes. It is possible that 

 they belong to quite another family; they may even be 

 identical with Nectopliryne pictiirata Smith. 



Habitat: Borneo (Sintang); New Guinea (Sattelberg). 



6. Sphenophryne beyeri (Taylor). 



Chaperina heyeri Taylor, Philipp. Jrn. of Sc, XVI. 1920, p. 333, pi. Ill, fig. 3. 



Tongue entire; a rather indistinct, small dermal ridge across 

 the palate. Head broader than long; snout short, truncate, a 

 little longer than the eye, nostril nearer the tip of the snout 

 than the eye; interorbital space more than 1^3 times the 

 width of the upper eyelid; no tympanum. Fingers and toes 

 with well-developed disks, except that of first finger, which 

 is small ; first finger very short, much shorter than second, 

 which is shorter than fourth; subarticular tubercles large ; third 

 toe much longer than fifth; toes free; the heel reaches the eye. 



Skin smooth; elbows and heels each with a distinct dermal spine. 



Above grey-brown to black; sides, posterior part of back 

 and limbs with or without small yellow dots; limbs with 

 irregular dark cross-bars; dermal spines on limbs yellow; 

 lower surface yellow to orange spotted, and reticulated with 

 brownish, forming rather rounded yellow spots. From snout 

 to vent 23 mm. 



Tadpole. — Nostril nearer to tip of snout than to eye ; eyes 

 lateral, the distance between them more than twice their 

 distance to the end of the snout; spiraculum sinistral. Blackish; 

 lighter below. Length 23 mm. 



Habitat: Philippines, incl. Pelawan. 



4. Oreophryne Bttgr. 



(BoETTGER, Zool. Anz., XVIII, 1895, P- 135^ ^rid: Abh. Senckenb. naturf. Ges., 



XXV, 1901, p. 371; V. Merely, Termesz. Ftizetek, XXIV, 1901, p. 254). 

 Sphenophryne autt., part. 

 Mehelyia WandoUeck, Abh. Mus. Dresden, XIII, N". 6, 191 1, p. 6. 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue entire or slightly nicked, and free 



