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ally of which seems to be Rana [Platy mantis) mcyeri Gthr. 

 from the Philippines. The locality Java certainly is incorrect; 

 probably it is a Philippine species (see Peters, Monatsber. 

 Akad. Berlin, 1873, p. 611). 



Barbour (Proc. New England Zool. Club, VII, 192 1, p. 97) 

 suggests that the specimens, mentioned from the Solomon 

 islands by Boulenger, belong to C. guppyi\ C. vitiensis then 

 should be an inhabitant of the Fiji islands only. 



Habitat: Solomon islands. — Fiji islands. 



2. Cornufer guppyi Blgr. 



Cornufer guppyi Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1884, p. 211. 

 Cornufer Guppyi Boulenger, Transact. Zool. Soc. London, XII, 1886, p. 53, 

 pi. XI, fig. I. 



Tongue without papilla; vomerine teeth in two short trans- 

 verse or slightly oblique series behind the level of the choanae. 

 Head large, much depressed, a little broader than long, its 

 length a little more than '/3 the length of head and body; 

 snout rounded, not projecting, a little longer than the upper 

 eyelid ; canthus rostralis distinct, slightly curved ; loreal region 

 very oblique, concave ; nostril much nearer to tip of snout than to 

 eye; interorbital space plane, as broad as the upper eyelid; 

 tympanum very distinct, Y, the diameter of the eye. Disks 

 of fingers very large, of outer fingers nearly as large as the 

 tympanum; disks of toes large, but a little smaller than those 

 of fingers; first finger shorter than second, which is as long 

 as fourth; toes '/a webbed; subarticular tubercles moderate; 

 two rather indistinct, much flattened metatarsal tubercles; the 

 heel reaches the anterior corner of the eye. 



Smooth, belly and lower surface of thighs granular; a fold 

 above the tympanum. 



Greyish brown or pinkish above, spotted or dotted with 

 brown ; limbs cross-barred ; lower surface whitish. Length more 

 than 100 mm. 



Male with internal vocal sacs. 



Habitat: Solomon islands. 



3. Cornufer unicolor Tschudi. 



Cornufer unicolor (part.) Tschudi, Mem. Soc. So. nat. Neuchatel, II, 1839, p. 28. 

 Cornufer unicolor Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Sal. Brit. Mus., 1882, p. 107. 



Tongue feebly notched ; vomerine teeth behind the level of 



