Batrachians in the British Museum. 403 



Four specimens from the Amboliimitombo forest, Mada- 

 gascar. Collected by Dr. Forsyth Major. 



Bhacophorus macroscelis. 



Allied to B. Hosii, Blgr. Vomerine teeth in two small 

 oblique groups close to the inner borders of the choanal. 

 Head large, as long as broad ; snout rounded, shorter than 

 the diameter of the orbit; canthus rostralis strong; loreal 

 region deeply concave ; nostrils near the end of the snout ; 

 interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 distinct, half the diameter of the eye. Fingers webbed at the 

 base ; toes webbed to the disks of the third and fifth, penulti- 

 mate phalanx of fourth free ; a very small inner metatarsal 

 tubercle. The femoro-tibial articulation reaches the shoulder, 

 the tibio-tarsal far beyond the tip of the snout. Above with 

 small scattered warts; heel with a conical tubercle; throat 

 and belly granulate. Olive above, marbled with darker ; a 

 yellow cross-line between the eyes and a large W-shaped 

 yellow marking on the occiput ; upper lip white, with vertical 

 blackish blotches; flanks white, with large black spots; 

 limbs with dark cross-bars ; dirty white beneath, belly and 

 hind limbs dotted with brown. 



From snout to vent 31 millim. 



A single specimen from Mount Kina Balu, N. Borneo, 

 collected by Mr. A. Everett. 



Megalixalus brachyenemis. (PI. XVII. fig. 2.) 



Tongue oval, rather deeply notched. Head rather small ; 

 snout rounded, shorter than the diameter of the orbit; tympa- 

 num hidden. Fingers with a slight rudiment of web ; toes 

 half-webbed. The tibic-tarsal articulation reaches the 

 shoulder ; tibia one third to two fifths the length of head and 

 body. Skin smooth, coarsely granulate on the belly and 

 under the thighs. Greyish above, with two dark brown lines 

 along the back ; sides of head dark brown ; brownish beneath. 



From snout to vent 25 millim. 



Three specimens from Chiradzulu, British Central Africa. 

 Presented by Sir H. H. Johnston. 



Caloylirynus brevis. 



Allied to C. calcaratuS) Mocq.*, with which it agrees in 

 the very large shovel-shaped metatarsal tubercle and the 

 large flat tarsal tubercle, but distinguished by a shorter 



* Of which adult specimens are in the British Museum, the largest 

 measuring 40 millim-. from snout to vent. 



