On new Batrac.' s in the British Museum. 401 



L1X. — Descriptions of new Batrachians in the British 

 Museum. By G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S. 



[Plate XVII.] 



Puma luzonensis. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups between, and ex- 

 tending beyond, the posterior borders of the choanse. Snout 

 much depressed, acutely pointed, projecting, longer than the 

 diameter of the orbit ; canthus rostralis strong ; loreal region 

 feebly oblique, grooved ; nostril nearer the end of the snout 

 than the eye ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum very distinct, two thirds to three fourths the 

 diameter of the eye. Fingers long and slender, first a little 

 shorter than second, dilated into large disks. Toes webbed 

 to the disks of the third and fifth, to the penultimate phalanx 

 of the fourth ; disks smaller than those of the fingers ; sub- 

 articular tubercles strong; a small oval inner metatarsal 

 tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches far beyond the 

 tip of the snout. Skin smooth ; a feeble narrow dorso-lateral 

 glandular fold. Greyish or olive above, with or without a 

 light vertebral line ; a blackish canthal streak and temporal 

 spot ; tympanum reddish brown ; upper lip with a light, dark- 

 edged streak; limbs with dark cross-bands; whitish beneath, 

 throat and breast sometimes brown. 



From snout to vent 58 millim. 



Four specimens (female and half-grown) from the Highlands 

 of Lepauto, N. Luzon, collected by Mr. Whitehead. Pre- 

 sented by the Subscribers to the Whitehead Expedition Fund. 



Oreobateachus, gen. uov. (Ranidaruin). 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue small, oval, free and very 

 slightly notched behind. Vomerine teeth none. A strong- 

 transverse dermal fold between the choanse. Tympanum 

 hidden ; eustachian tubes large. Fingers free, toes webbed, 

 the tips dilated into small disks ; outer metatarsals separated 

 by web. Omosternum and sternum with a bony style. Distal 

 phalanx T-shaped ; no intercalary ossification between the 

 latter and the penultimate. 



Allied to Ihrynobatrachus, Gthr. 



Oreobatrachus baluensis. (PI. XVII. figs. 1, 1 a.) 



Head small; snout obtusely pointed, shorter than the 

 diameter of the orbit; no canthus rostralis; nostril equally 



