14, CACOPUS. 15. GLrPHOGLOSSTJS. 175 



a-c. S & ligr. Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



d. $ , skeleton. Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Several spec. : S , 2 t Balarangam Hills. Col. Beddome [C.]. 

 hgr., & vg. 



f-h. 5 & hgi-. Plains of India. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



i. 5 . India. 



k. J. ? Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



2. Cacopus globulosiis. 



Cacopus globulosiis, Giinth. Rept. Brit. I/icI. p. 416, pi. 26. f. K; 



Anders. Proe. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 201. 

 Systoma globulosmu, Cope, Journ. Ac. Pliilad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 191. 



Differs from the preceding in the folloTving points : — Habit 

 stouter, globular ; snout longer (measuring nearly twice the orbital 

 diameter), with distiuct but obtuse can thus rostralis ; interor- 

 bital space three times the width of the upper eyelid ; inner 

 metatarsal tubercle longer than second toe. Brown, uniform or 

 spotted with darker. 



Madras Presidency. 



a,b. 2 & Tg. Russelconda. Dr. Trail [P.]. (Types.) 



c-d. 2 & hgr. Husselconda. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



15. GLYPHOGLOSSUS. 



Glyphoglossus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 483. 



Pupil erect. Tongue elongate, notched behind and in front, divi- 

 ded into two lateral halves by a deep groove, extensively free behind, 

 slightly so in front. A papilla in the median line of the hinder 

 part of the palate ; a denticulated cutaneous ridge across the palate, 

 in front of the oesophagus. Tympanum hidden. Fingers free; toes 

 ■webbed, the tips not dilated. Precoracoids and omostemum absent ; 

 sternum a cartilaginous plate. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra 

 .moderately dilated. Terminal phalanges simple. 



India. 



1. Glyphoglossus molossus. 

 Glyphoglossus molossus, Giinth. I. c. pi. 33. f. 1. 



Head very short, crown convex ; mouth very narrow ; canthus 

 rostralis none ; eye very small ; the fleshy part of the lower jaw 

 swollen, truncated in front, forming a semicircular disk. Limbs 

 very short. Eingers short, pointed, first and second equal, fourth 

 very short ; toes short, pointed, entirely webbed ; subarticular 

 tubercles distinct ; two metatarsal titbercles, the inner extremely 

 large, compressed, sharp-edged, the outer small, rounded. Skin 

 smooth. Uniform brownish olive above, sides and limbs finely 

 marbled with brown ; lower parts whitish, immaculate. 



Birmah. 



a. 2 (?). Pegu. W. Theobald, Esq. [C.]. (Type.) 



