2. KAJTA. 25 



a. S. Zamboanga. Mr. Eyfei'ett [C 



h-c. S $ • Dinagat Islands. Mr. Everett [Q.'_ 



d-e,f-g. c? & yg. Laguna del Bay. Dr. A. B. Mever [C.]. 



h-i. S & ligi'- Negros. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



^. c^. Sarawak. Mr. Everett [C.]. 



/. S . Java. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



m. S- Java. Dr. Ploem [C.]. 



n-o. S'^- Singapore. Dr. Dennys [P.]. 



p. $. Tenasserim. W. Theobald, Esq. [P.] (As 



q. 5 skeleton. Philippines. 



Rana fusca.) 



15. Rana modesta. (Plate I. fig. 3.) 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique oval groups commencing on a 

 level with the hinder edge of the choanas : lower jaw with two gene- 

 rally strong bony prominences in front, directed backwards. Head 

 moderate ; snout short, rather pointed ; interorbital space nearly as 

 broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, not quite two thirds 

 the size of the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending much be- 

 yond second ; toes moderate, entirely webbed ; cutaneous fringe 

 along the outer side of the fifth toe slightly developed ; tips of toes 

 dilated into small dislis ; subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes 

 moderate ; inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval ; no outer tubercle. 

 The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio- 

 tarsal articulation reaches a little beyond the eye. Skin of the back 

 with rather indistinct short longitudinal glandular folds ; upper eye- 

 lids tubercular ; a more or less distinct fold of the skin between the 

 latter ; a strong fold above the tympanum. Brown above, indis- 

 tinctly spotted ; sometimes two lighter vittse on the back and the 

 canthi rostrales, meeting on the tip of the snout ; sometimes a light 

 dorsal stripe : hinder side of thighs dark brown, white-marbled ; 

 beneath more or less speckled with brown. • Male with two small 

 internal vocal sacs. Erom snout to vent 7 centim. 



This new species is allied to R. tigrina and R. macrodon. It 

 diff'ers from both by the much smaller size and the arrangement of 

 the vomerine teeth ; from the former chiefly by a broader interor- 

 bital space and smaller tympanum, longer fingers, slightly developed 

 vocal sacs, &c. ; from the latter by a smaller head, generally a nar- 

 rower interorbital space, and the presence of vocal sacs. 



Celebes. 



a. Several spec, J $ • Gorontalo. 



b. d. Gorontalo. Dr. A. B. Mever [C 



c. (S. Mauado. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C 



The following specimens are referred with some doubt to this 

 species : — 



d-ff. 2 , ligi'- & yg- ? W- Theobald, Esq. 



