2. Oxyglossus laevis. 



Oxyglossus Ise-vds, GuntJi. Cat. p. 7, pi. i. f. A. 

 Phryuoglossus laevis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 29. 

 Oxyglossus Ifevis, Stoliczka, Proc. As. Soc. 1870, p. 273, and 1872 



p. 101. 

 Microdiscopus smnatranus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1877, pp. 422, 682. 



Tongue oval, rounded behind, free in its posterior third. Habit 

 stout. Head small ; snout rounded : iuterorbital space nearly as 

 broad as the upper eyelid. Fingers short, with blunt tips, first not 

 extending beyond second ; toes broadly webbed, fourth not very 

 much longer than third and fifth, the tips dilated into very small 

 disks ; subarticular tubercles of fingers moderate, of toes small ; a 

 single, compressed, inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being 

 carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation 

 reaches the tip of the snout, or somewhat beyond. Skin nearly 

 smooth. Brown above, with or without rather indistinct darker 

 spots ; sometimes a light vertebral line ; beneath whitish, speckled 

 with l)rown on the throat and under the limbs. Male with an in- 

 ternal subgular vocal sac. 



Philippines : Sumatra ; E. India. 



3. Oxyglossus martensii. 



Phrynoglossus martensii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 29. 



Allied to 0. Icevis, but the web between the toes deeply emar- 

 ginate, a rather indistinct outer metatarsal tubercle, and warts on 

 the back and limbs. A dark band between the eyes ; grey beneath, 

 the throat with white punctulations. 



Bangkok, Siam, 



2. RANA*. 



Rana, sp., Linn. S. N. i. p. 3o4. 



Raua, Wagler, Si/st. Amph. p. 203; Tschudi, Batr. p. 78; Dum. 8f 



Bihr. Erp. Gen. viii. p. 335 ; Giinth. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 8 ; Cope, 



Nat. Hist. Rev. 1866, p. 117. 

 Hj'la'rana, Tschudi, I. c. p. 78 ; Giinth. I. c. p. 71 ; Cope, I. c. 



* Uncertain species : — 



1. Bana aurora, Baird & Grir. Proc. Ac. Philacl. 18()2, p. 174, and U.S. Explor. 

 Exped., nerp. p. 18, pi. 11. f. 1-6.— Puget Sound. 



2. Rana draijtonii, Baird & Gir. 1. c. p. 174, and 1. c. p. 23, pi. 11. f. 19-24.— 

 California. 



3. Hylarana mindaneiisis, Girard, U.S. Explor. Exped., Herp. p. 52. — Oaldera. 



