474 EANIDJE. 



Snout rounded ; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region slightly 

 concave ; nostril nearer to the tip of the snout than to the eye 

 interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum half 

 the diameter of the eye. The three outer fingers nearly entirely 

 webbed ; toes nearly entirely webbed ; disks of fingers and toes 

 smaller than the tympanum ; subarticular tubercles not very 

 prominent. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the 

 snout. Skin smooth above, granular on the belly and under the 

 thighs ; a fold of the skin bordering the fore limb anteriorly. 

 Purplish above (in spirit,), white beneath ; head and back with 

 dark dots ; coloured parts of limbs with dark cross lines ; a white 

 streak on each side, from the nostril along the outer edge of the 

 upper eyelid to the groin ; arm, the three inner fingers, and the 

 four inner toes not coloured. 



From snout to vent T25 inches. 



Hob. Malabar. Known from a single young specimen. 



59. Rhacophorus tuberculatus. 



Polypedates tuberculatus, Anders. J. A. S. B. xl, 1871, p. '2Q. 

 Rhacophorus tuberculatus, Bouleny. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 86. 



" Head of moderate size ; snout rounded and somewhat pointed. 

 Canthus rostralis indistinct, rounded. Nostrils below it near the 

 tip of the snout. Tympanum about two thirds the size of the eye ; 

 vomerine prominences close to the internal angle of the choanse, 

 rounded and small, with a large interspace between them. Fingers 

 broadly webbed, the membrane reaching the disks of the second 

 and fourth fingers. Disks of fingers large, about one third larger 

 than those of the toes. A small oblong metatarsal tubercle. 

 Length from the vent to the metatarsal tubercle consider- 

 ably larger than the body. A strong fold from the eye over 

 the tympanum to the shoulder. Skin smooth above. Abdo- 

 men finely granular, with numerous moderately-sized round 

 tubercles ; under surface of thighs granular, with scattered large 

 round tubercles. Upper surface uniformly deep brown in spirit. 

 Brownish yellow below with a blackish region round the vent, a 

 short way along the thighs. The tubercles of the abdomen and 

 thighs are darker. Faint black Jmncling on the tibiae and femora. 

 Some specimens with a violet spot on the tip of the snout, another 

 before the eye, and a broad violet band with dark margins from the 

 eye along the side of the groin." (Anderson.) 



From snout to vent 1*6 inches. 



Hub. Sibsagar, Assam. 



60. Rhacophorus leucomystax. 



Hyla leucomystax and II. sexvirgata, Gravcnh. Delic. Mus. Vratisl, 



pp. 20, 28. 

 Hyla quadrilineata, Wiegm. N. Acta Ac. Leop. -Carol, xvii, i, 1835, 



p. 260, pi. xxii, fig. 1. ' 



