2. EANA. 23 



a. S • Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. (Type.) 



b. (S . Sikkim. Messrs. v. Schlagintweit [C.]. 



(Type.) 

 c-d. 2- Lialing, Sikkim, 8.500 ft. W. T. Blanford, Esq [P.]. 

 e,f-ff. Darjeeling. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.J. 



11. Rana "blanfordii. (Plate I. fig. 2.) 



Vomerine teetli iu two small oblique groups on a level with the 

 hinder edge of the choanee. Head moderate ; snout short, rounded, 

 with rounded canthus rostralis ; interorbital space as broad as the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum scarcely half the width of the eye, hidden. 

 Fingers moderate, first not extending as far as second ; toes moderate, 

 not quite two-thirds webbed ; tips of toes swollen into very small 

 disks ; subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes not much developed ; 

 inner metatarsal tubercle elongate, rather indistinct : no outer 

 tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, 

 the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches nearly the tip of the snout. 

 Skin with indistinct flat warts on the sides of the body ; a fold on 

 the temporal region. Olive above, with small black spots ; a black 

 streak between the eyes, and another on the canthus rostralis and 

 on the temporal region. Male without vocal sacs. From snout to 

 vent 49 miUim. 



Arabia ? 



a-b. S ? . Muscat ? W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



12. Rana snbsigillata. 



Rana subsigillata, A. Dum. Bev. Mag. Zool. 1856, p. 560 ; id. Arch. 

 Mus. X. p. 224, pi. xviii. f. 1. 



Tomerine teeth in two oblique groups between the choanse ; lower 

 jaw with two slight bony prominences in front. Head moderate ; 

 snout rather elongate, rounded, without canthus rostralis ; inter- 

 orbital space narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum not very 

 distinct, two thirds the size of the eye. Fingers moderate, first 

 extending beyond second : toes moderate, two-thirds webbed ; sub- 

 articular tubercles of fingers and toes well developed ; a single, 

 small, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle. Skin nearly smooth ; a 

 slight fold from the hinder edge of the eye above the tympanum, 

 extending across the chest. Brown above, indistinct]}' spotted ; 

 rather indistinct dark bars across the limbs. Male without vocal 

 sacs. 



W. Africa. 



a. (S . Old Calabar. 



13. Rana grunniens. 



Rana gi-unniens, Giinth. Cat. p. 10. 

 Rana gi-unniens, Band. Rain. p. 65, pi. 21 ; id. Mept. viii. p. 127 ; 

 Merr. Tent. p. 174 ; Buin. ^- Bibr. p. 380. 



