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  Mr. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Smith 
  on 
  the 
  Genus 
  Lobiger. 
  

  

  little 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  upper 
  eyelid 
  ; 
  tympanum 
  scarcely 
  

   visible. 
  Fingers 
  slender, 
  with 
  slightly 
  swollen 
  tips, 
  first 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  second 
  ; 
  toes 
  moderate, 
  free 
  ; 
  subarticular 
  tubercles 
  

   very 
  prominent 
  ; 
  two 
  oval 
  metatarsal 
  tubercles 
  ; 
  a 
  small 
  

   tubercle 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  tarsus. 
  The 
  

   tibio-tarsal 
  articulation 
  reaches 
  the 
  eye 
  or 
  the 
  posterior 
  border 
  

   of 
  the 
  orbit, 
  the 
  tarso-metatarsal 
  articulation 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  

   snout 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  beyond. 
  Upper 
  surfaces 
  warty, 
  the 
  warts 
  

   sometimes 
  confluent 
  into 
  four 
  longitudinal 
  folds, 
  viz. 
  a 
  pair 
  

   from 
  the 
  snout 
  to 
  the 
  nape 
  and 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  from 
  behind 
  the 
  

   eye 
  to 
  the 
  sacral 
  region 
  ; 
  a 
  well 
  -developed 
  triangular 
  paro- 
  

   toid, 
  low 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  side, 
  behind 
  the 
  tympanum 
  and 
  above 
  

   the 
  shoulder 
  ; 
  no 
  lumbar 
  gland 
  ; 
  lower 
  surfaces 
  granulate. 
  

   Greyish 
  olive 
  above, 
  head 
  and 
  sides 
  sometimes 
  paler 
  ; 
  a 
  light 
  

   vertebral 
  line 
  may 
  be 
  present 
  ; 
  upper 
  lip 
  with 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   vertical 
  dark 
  bars 
  ; 
  limbs 
  with 
  dark 
  cross 
  bars 
  ; 
  throat 
  and 
  

   breast 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  median 
  line 
  ; 
  belly 
  whitish, 
  with 
  

   small 
  brown 
  spots. 
  Male 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  external 
  vocal 
  sac 
  on 
  

   each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  throat 
  and 
  brown 
  rugosities 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  inner 
  finger. 
  

  

  From 
  snout 
  to 
  vent 
  30 
  milllim. 
  

  

  Two 
  males 
  and 
  two 
  females 
  were 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Hart, 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  lloyal 
  

   Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Trinidad. 
  " 
  They 
  are 
  very 
  seldom 
  seen 
  

   and 
  generally 
  discovered 
  only 
  when 
  half 
  drowned 
  in 
  a 
  foun- 
  

   tain 
  or 
  similar 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  Gardens, 
  where 
  they 
  go 
  to 
  

   spawn." 
  

  

  XXXV. 
  — 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Genus 
  Lobiger. 
  

   By 
  Edgar 
  A. 
  Smith. 
  

  

  The 
  British 
  Museum 
  received 
  in 
  1887 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Edgar 
  

   Thurston, 
  of 
  the 
  Madras 
  Museum, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  interesting 
  

   specimens 
  from 
  Tuticorin, 
  Southern 
  India, 
  and 
  among 
  them 
  

   were 
  two 
  examples 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Lobiger. 
  On 
  comparing 
  

   the 
  shells 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Sicilian 
  species, 
  which 
  is 
  gene- 
  

   rally 
  known 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  L. 
  Philippii, 
  I 
  could 
  discover 
  

   no 
  sufficient 
  differences 
  of 
  form 
  or 
  sculpture 
  whereby 
  to 
  dis- 
  

   tinguish 
  them, 
  and, 
  w 
  T 
  ith 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  mantle 
  of 
  the 
  

   Ceylonese 
  specimens 
  being 
  striped 
  with 
  interrupted 
  fine 
  black 
  

   lines, 
  which 
  are 
  visible 
  through 
  the 
  shell, 
  there 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  

   no 
  appreciable 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  soft 
  parts. 
  

  

  In 
  describing 
  this 
  animal 
  Calcara 
  does 
  not 
  mention 
  the 
  

   characteristic 
  lateral 
  lobes 
  of 
  the 
  foot, 
  and 
  states 
  that 
  this 
  

   organ 
  is 
  obtuse 
  at 
  both 
  extremities 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  posterior 
  is 
  

  

  