58 EANIDiE. 



limb being carried forwards along the bodj', the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches the tip of the snont, or beyond, the length of the 

 limb being very variable. 8kin of the back generally with short 

 longitudinal glandular folds ; lower surfaces smooth. Olive or 

 brownish above, mottled with darker ; a more or less distinct sub- 

 triangular dark spot between the eyes, often limited in front by a 

 light cross band ; sometimes a light vertebral stripe ; a black band 

 along the canthus rostralis, and a black temporal spot; limbs cross- 

 barred ; beneath, immaculate or spotted with brown, sometimes 

 brown dotted with white. 

 S.W. India. 



a-h. Many spec. : $, Malabar. Col. Beddome [P.]. 



hgr., & yg. 

 c. Several spec, $ . Malabar. Col. Beddome 1 rp f P / 



fl.9. Anamallays. Col. iBeddomef P^f*<^l^revi- 



^ rP 1 I IMlinatus. 



e-^. Hgr. ? T. C' Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



77. Rana diplosticta. 

 Ixalus diplostictus, G'dnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 574, pi. 63. f. c. 



This species is very closely allied to, and perhaps not different 

 from, the preceding. The canthus rostralis is rather more angular 

 and the loreal regions not quite so oblique. A black spot above the 

 loin. 



Malabar. 



a-d. $ & hgr. Malabar. Col. Beddome [P.]. (Tvpes.) 



e-f. Hgi-. Malabar. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]." 



78. Rana margariana. 



Hylarana margariana, Anders. Anat, Zool. Hes. Yunnan, p. 846, 

 pi. 78. f. 4. 



Yomerine teeth very feebly developed, in two oblique series between 

 the choanse. Head moderate, rather flat ; canthus rostralis rounded, 

 with the loreal region deeply concave ; tympanum distinct, nearly 

 as large as the eye. Fingers moderate, first slightly longer than 

 second, with a rudimentary web (?) ; toes moderate, nearly entirely 

 webbed ; a small elongated inner metatarsal tubercle ; disks of 

 fingers very feebly developed, of toes more strongly so. A narrow 

 glandular fold from behind the eye along the side of the body. Olive- 

 brown above, with a dark, almost blackish band from the snout 

 through the eye, along the sides of the groin, and a narrow pale 

 line from below the eye to the shoulder ; limbs cross-barred ; throat 

 and chest almost black from the profusion of dark-brown pustulations. 



Irawaddy, Yunnan. 



