BY MALCOLM A. SMITH. 27 



tympanum is or.ly half as large as the eye opening, there are 

 10 or 11 lamellae beneath the 4th toes. Each specimen has 

 two loreal shields, one behind the other and the temporal 

 shields are somewhat enlarged. 



The species has hitherto been known only from the type 

 locality — the Perak hills in the Malay Peninsula. 



56. EioPA BOWRiNGii Giinth. 



Kuching. 



57. Tropidophorus beccarii Peters. 



One adult and one juvenile from Mt. Penrissen at 3000 feet. 

 They have 32 and 34 scales round the middle of the body res- 

 pectively. The flanks of the adult example are rich reddish- 

 brown in colour with small white spots. T. mocqiiardi 

 Boulenger, I regard as a synonym of this species (P. Z. S. 

 London, 1923, p. 777). . ' ' 



58. Tropidophorus brookei Gray. 



21 examples from Mt. Matang. 



Thirty-four scales round the middle of the body occurs in five 

 examples. 30 scales in one, the rest have 32. Some have only 

 7 supralabials. The prefrontal shields are separated in all, as 

 they are in the type specimen. 



AMPHTBIA. 

 PELOBATIDAE. 



59. Megalophrys gracilis Giinth. 

 Tutu Eiver, Kalabit country. 



Leptobrachella, genus nov. 



Pupil vertical,* tongue subcircular, free and notched behind. 

 No vomerine teeth; tympanum distinct; fingers free, toes 

 webbed at the base, the tips of the digits dilated and sub- 

 triangular in shape ; outer metatarsals united. 



*In the type specimens the pupils are widely dilated, in the paratype 

 diamond shaped, the vertical diameter being slightly greater than the 

 horizontal. 



