40 



EANID^. 



Eana esculenta, Schleg. Faun. Japon., Kept. p. 109, pi. 3. f. 1 ; Gimth. 



Rept. Brit, Ind. p. 408; Martens, Pretiss. Exped. O.-As. i. p. 111. 

 marmorata, JlaUow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 500 ; Camerano, 



Atti Ac. Tor. xiv. p. 871. 



nigromaculata, HaUow. I. c. 



? Hoplobatraclius reiuliardti, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 711. 

 Rana esculenta marmorata, Lataste, Le Naturaliste, 1880, p. 210, mid 

 Bull. Sue. Zool. Fr. 1880, p. 61. 



Inner metatarsal tubercle very large, shovel-shaped ; interrupted 

 narrow glandular folds along the back. 

 Japan, China, 



40. Rana porosa. 

 Tomopterna porosa. Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 111. 



Vomerine teeth in two groups between the choanae. Head mode- 

 rate ; tympanum nearly as large as the eye. i'irst finger longer 

 than second ; toes nearly completely webbed ; inner metatarsal 

 tubercle shovel-like. The hind limb being carried forwards along 

 the body, the metatarsal tubercle reaches beyond the tip of the 

 snout. A glandiilar dermal fold from above the tympanum to above 

 groin on the side ; the greatest part of the upper eyelid glandular 

 and covered with pores. Brown above, with dark grey shades ; 

 sometimes an im])erfcct pale vertebral line ; sides handsomely 

 marbled with white below and grej- above. 



Kanagawa, Japan. 



41. Eana utricularia. 



Rana utricularia, Harlan, Sillim. Journ. x. p. 59, and Journ. Ac. 



Philad. V. p. 337. 



halecina, Halloio. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1856, p. 141. 



• berlaudieri, Baird, TJ. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., Bept. p. 27, pi. 36. 



f. 7-10. 



This Prog is certainly distinct from B. halecina, though very 

 closely allied to it, as, according to the authors quoted above, the 



