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bital space as broad as, or rather broader than, the upper ej' elid ; 

 tympanum verj- distinct, three fourths the size of the eye. Fingers 

 moderate, first extending slightly beyond second ; toes moderate, 

 nearly entirely webbed ; tips of fingers and toes dilated into rather 

 large disks ; subarticnlur tubercles well developed ; inner metatarsal 

 tubercle small, oval ; a small outer metatarsal tubercle. The hind 

 limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches the tip of the snout, or a little beyond. A narrow 

 glandular lateral fold. Brown above ; loreal and temporal regions, 

 and sometimes also the sides of the body, dark brown ;' limbs 

 distinctly cross-barred ; throat and breast more or less speckled with 

 brown 



on the inner side of the arm 

 Ceylon ; S. India. 



Male with two internal vocal sacs and an oval flat gland 



a-c, d-f, g-h. c? , $ , hgr., 

 i-m. Yg. 



n. 



o. Manvspec: J,?, hgr., 



& yg- 



Ceylon. 



Ceylon. 



Malabar. 

 Auamallays. 



(Types). 



G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. 



[PJ. 



Col. Beddome 

 Col. Beddome 



P. 

 P. 



87. Rana papua. 



Rana papua, Lesson, CoquiUe, ii. i. p. 59, pi. 7. f. 1. 



Limnodytes waigieusis, Dum. c*j- JSibr. p. 514. 



Hylorana daemeli, Steind. Sitzb. Ac. Wien, 1868, p. 532, c. tab. 



Limnodytes papuensis, Meyer, Mon. Bevl. Ac, 1874, p. 52; Doria, 



Ann. Mils. Civ. Gen. vi. 1874, p. 35G. 

 Hylarana nebidosa, J/«cfeai/, P)-oc. Linn. Soc. N. S. TV. 1877, ii. p. 185. 

 Limnodytes papua, Peters 4" Doria, Ann. Miis. Civ. Gen. xiii. 1878, 



p. 418. 



Very closely allied to Rana temporalis. Snout rather longer and 

 more pointed ; interorbital space rather narrower. Legs variable in 

 length. Greyish above ; an indistinct temporal spot ; tympanum 

 generally reddish brown ; hinder side of thighs black- and white- 

 marbled. Male with two internal vocal sacs, without humeral 

 glands. 



K. Australia ; New Guinea. 



a-b. $, 



c. 2- 



d. 6- 

 e-f. 6. 

 9- ?• 



Cape York. 

 Cape York. 

 Port Moresby. 

 New Guinea. 

 Murray Island. 



IleiT Diimel [C.]. 



Rev. W. T. Turner [C.]. 



Rev. S. Macfarlane [C.]. 



88. Rana krefiPtii. (Plate III. fig. 2.) 

 Hylarana erytliraea, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 73. 

 Vomerine teeth in two oval oblique groups between the choanse. 



