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Mr. G. A. BoLileno-er on a 



Hormonotus modest »s. 



Lamprophis modestus, Duui. ot Bibr. 1854. 

 Hormotioitis cmdax, Hallow., 18o7. 

 Hormonotus modestus, Giiuther, 18G2. 

 Heterolepis glaher, Jan, 1863. 

 Boodon (Lamprophis) modestus, Peters, 187o. 

 JBoodon {Alopecion) Vossii, Fischer, 1888. 



3. Heterolepis poensis, Smith. — I am glad to say the type 

 specimen is not lost. It is still in the British Museum, 

 where it was registered in April 1847. The fact that its tail 

 is mutilated accounts for the small number (67) of subcaudal 

 shields. The 11. hicarinatus of Dameril and Bibron (1854) 

 is merely a synonym of H. ijoensis^ Smith (1847). 



XLVI. — Description of a new European Frog. 



By Gr. A. BOULENGER. 



Rana grueca, sp. n. 



Head a little broader than long, moderately depressed. 

 Snout very short, rounded, not at all prominent, as long as 

 the diameter of the eye ; loreal region even less oblique tlian 



in R. temporaria and R. iherica, very distinctly concave ; 

 nostril a little nearer the end of the snout than to the eye ; 



