122 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on 
Vulpes vulpes palestina, subsp.-n. 
A greyish fox, much greyer than the rufous foxes of 
Egypt. 
The body broadly greyish along the sides, the grey even 
in some cases extending on the back to the nearly complete 
suppression of the rufous. Under surface variable, buffy or 
whitish, with blackish bases to the hairs. Backs of ears 
deep black. Sides of neck, shoulders, and hips all greyish, 
the hairs with whitish subterminal rings. Fore legs greyish 
rufous, varying to fulvous, feet pale fulvous. Hind legs also 
smoky greyish, the upper surface of the feet buffy, rarely 
fulvous, their inner sides paler. Tail above buffy washed 
with blackish, the tip prominently white. 
~ Skull rather smaller than in V. v. anatolica, about as in 
egyptiaca. 
Dimensions of the type (measured on the skin) :— 
Head and body 610 mm.; tail 330; hind foot 123. 
Skull: greatest length 125°5; condylo-basal length 123 ; 
zygomatic breadth 66°3; nasals 43°5 ; interorbital breadth 
23°2 ; breadth across postorbital processes 31; breadth of 
brain-case 44°5 ; height of brain-case from between bullee 38 ; 
palatal length 62; length of p* on outer edge 12°2 ; combined 
length of m! and m? 13:5; breadth of m! 11:4. 
Hab. Palestine. Type from Ramleh, near Jaffa. Other 
specimens from Mt. Lebanon. 
Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 19, 4.11.8. Collected 
November 1918, and presented by Major Maurice Portal. 
The Palestine fox, although it no doubt grades southwards 
into that of Egypt (V. v. ewgyptiaca, Sonnini), is on the 
average so very much greyer, especially on the sides and 
limbs, that it should apparently have a special subspecific 
name. Besides the specimen from Ramleh sent home by 
Major Portal, the Museum possesses three others from 
Mt. Lebanon, presented in 1894 by Mr. Saleem Baroody. 
XI.— Descriptions of Two new Frogs from Brazil. 
By G. A. BoULENGER, F.R.S., F.Z.S8. 
(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 
Tue frogs here described form part of a collection made by 
Prof. J. P. Hill, F.R.S., at or near Theresopolis during the 
Percy Sladen Expedition to Brazil in 1913, and the types: 
have been presented to the British Museum by the Trustees 
of the Perey Sladen Fund. 
