2 University of Michigan 



Pegu, hence should the Burmese example prove not to be typi- 

 cal ornata it can only indicate the existence of yet another 

 form, which is highly probable. 



Butler and Flower have contributed notes often quoted by 

 Boulenger, but in general little is known regarding the habits of 

 Microhyla. In life they remind one of our southern Gastro- 

 phryne (Eng}^stoma) but they fare abroad more freely and are 

 vastly more active. I have taken two species, achatina and 

 annectcns. I imagine they were not uncommon on the floor 

 of the high rain-forest about Tjibodas, Java. One large adult 

 achatina I found squatting like a Hyla in the center of a large 

 peltate leaf several feet above ground. 



Many species of this genus have been described recently, the 

 validity of which cannot now be determined. Vogt, in 1913, 

 (Ges. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin, p. 223 et seq.), essayed a key 

 to the genus and listed the species. The paper is marred by 

 egregious errors in spelling, the list is incomplete and the key 

 not entirely convincing. 



The following species appear probably worthy of recogni- 

 tion : 



Microhyla aclmtina (Boie), Isis, 1827, p. 294. Southeastern 

 Asia, Sumatra and Java. Recorded from the Moluccas, which 

 is beyond doubt erroneous. 



Microhyla ornata (Dumeril and Bibron), Erp. Gen., 8, 1841, 

 p. 745. India, Burma, Malay Peninsula. 



Microhyla rubra (Jerdon), Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, 22, 1853, 

 p. 534. India and Ceylon. 



Microhyla pulchra (Hallowell), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 

 i860, p. 506. Southern China and Siam. 



Microhyla herdmorei (Blyth), Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 24, 

 1855, p. 720. Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. 



Microhyla fissipes Boulenger, Ann. Mag. N. H. (5), 13, 

 1884, p. 397. Formosa. 



