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ENGTSTOMATID^. 



Diplopelma pulchrum, Giint/i. JRept. Brit. Ind. p. 417 ; Steindachn. 



Novara, Amph. p. 36, pi. 2. f. 15-18. 

 Scaptophryne hibyiinthica, Fitziiif/. Sitz. Ak. Wieii, xlii. p. 416. 

 Rauiua symmetrica^ David, Nouv. Arch. Mus. vii. JBull. p. 76. 



Habit slender. Snout siibacuminate, a little longer than the or- 

 bital diameter ; interorbital space as broad as the npper eyelid. 

 Fingers rather sleiidei', first much shorter than second ; toes long, 

 half webbed ; tips of fingers and toes not dilated ; subarticular tu- 

 bercles very distinct ; two very small metatarsal tubercles. Hind 

 limb very long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the tip of the 

 snout, or beyond. Skin smooth. Olive, greyish, or pinkish brown 

 above, beautifully marked with darker and lighter A-like lines on the 

 back, and transverse lines across the limbs ; a cross streak bctAveen 

 tlie eyes, a large A-shaped marlving on the back, and a streak from 

 the eye to the middle of the side dai-k brown ; throat and chest 

 clondcd with brown ; the remainder of the lower surfaces immaculate. 

 Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



China ; Gamhoja. 



J. C. Bowling, Esq. [P.]. 

 Mr. Adams [C.]. 



M. Mouhot [C.]. 



4. Microhyla achatina. 



Micrhyla achatina, Gi'mth. Cat. p. 121. 

 Hylaplesia achatina, Bote, Isis, 1827, p. 294. 

 Microhyla achatina, Tschvdi, Batr. p. 71 j Dum. 8f Bihr. p. 614; 



Feters S)- Foria, Ann. Mus. Genov. xiii. p. 428. 

 Diplopelma disciferum, Feters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 86. 



Habit slender. Snout siibaetiminate, longer than the orbital 

 diameter ; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid. Fin- 

 gers rather slender, first much shorter than second ; toes slender, 

 webbed at the base ; tips of fingers swollen into very small, of 

 toes into well-developed disks ; subarticular tubercles distinct ; 

 two small metatarsal tnbeicles. The hind limb being carried for- 

 wards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of 

 the snout, or beyond. Skin smooth. Brown above ; sides and a 

 streak between the eyes dark brown ; sometimes the back with 

 rather indistinct chevron-shaped darker and lighter lines and a 

 narrow light vertebral line ; limbs more or less distinctly cross- 

 barred ; anal region blackish. 



Java; Moluccas, 



a. 5 . Java. Leydeu Museum. 



h-c. 5 . Posata, Bantam. 

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5. Microhyla "berdmorii. 



Engystoma berdmorei, Blytli, Journ. As. iSoc. xxiv. p. 710. 

 Callula natatrix, C'ojje^ Juurn. Ac. Fhilad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 192. 



