5. IXALTTS. 105 



large black irregular spot on the groin, and two xkIIow ones on the 

 sides ; limbs cross-barred ; chest and bell)' yell^ish, the former 

 with fine brown punctnlations. 

 Kakhyen Hills. 



21. Ixalus chalazodes. 

 Ixalus chalazodes, Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 187-5, p. 474, pi. 67. f. B. 



Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the 

 median line. Snont rounded, as long as the orbital diameter ; can- 

 thus rostralis indistinct ; lorcal region very slightly concave ; 

 nostril nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; interorbital space 

 broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum small, hidden. Fingers 

 free, toes half webbed ; disks moderate ; subarticular tubercles 

 double under the third and fourth fingers ; a small inner metatarsal 

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

 the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between the eye and the tip of 

 the snout. 8kin of upper parts smooth ; a few round tubercles on 

 the flanks, on the hind part of the back, and on the metatarsus ; 

 a slight fold from the eye to the shoulder ; beneath granular. 

 Uniform liluish green above, the round tubercles white, 



Travancore. 



a. 2 • Travancore. Col. Beddome [C.]. (Type.) 



22. Ixalus adspersus. (Plate X. fig. 8.) 

 Ixalus adspersus, Gunth. Ann. Sj- Mag. N. H. 1872, ix. p. 87. 



Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter ; canthus rostralis 

 distinct; loreal region slightly concave ; nostril a little nearer the 

 tip of the snout than the eye ; interorbital sj^ace a little broader 

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum small, indistinct. Fingers 

 slightly, toes two-thirds webbed ; disks and subarticular tubercles 

 well developed ; a small iuner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb 

 being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaches the eye. Skin smooth above, granular beneath ; a fold 

 from the eye to the shoulder. Upper parts dark violet-brown, with 

 numerous round, smaller and larger, yellowish spots ; hinder side of 

 thighs marbled with brown ; throat and breast marbled with brown. 

 Male with an internal vocal sac, the openings of which are larger 

 than in the other species of Ixalus. 



Ceylon. 



a. S ■ C. Ceylon. G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type.) 



23. Ixalus flaviventris. (Plate XI. fig, 1.) 

 Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the 



