442 PELOBATID^. 



tarsal articulation reaches the eye, the tip of the snout, or a little 

 beyond the latter, Bkin smooth or minutely tubercular above ; 

 generally a V-shaped linear raised fold on the nape. Olive-brown 

 above ; a dark, light-edged, triangular spot between the eyes : 

 generally one or two other angular mai-kings on the back ; generally 

 a dark band along each side of the head : hind limbs cross-barred ; 

 throat and breast marbled with brown. Male with two internal 

 vocal sacs. 



Himalayan Region : Birmah. 



a. Hgr. Sildrim. Messrs. v. Schlagiutweit [C.]. 



(Type of Xeno2)hn/s monficola.) 



i-(/. Hgr. Sikkim. T. C' Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



//. Many spec. : d*, $, Darjeeling. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



hgr., & yg. 



i-m. Hgr. Darjeeling. T. C. Jerdou, Esq. £P.]. 



n. Yg. Khassia. Sir W. Hooker [P.J. 



o. Hgr. Pegu. W. Theobald, Esq. [P.]. 



7. MEGALOPHRYS. 



Megalophrys, KuJil, Bull. Soc. Nat. ; Wayl. Syst. AmjyJi. p. 204 ; 



Tschmli, Batr. p. 82 ; Bum. S;- Bibr. viii. p. 4-56 ; Gmiih. Cat. p. 36 ; 



Cojye, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1865, p. 107, and Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 



1866, p. 80. 

 Ceratophryne, Gilnth. Cat. p. 136. 



Pupil erect. Tongue subcircular, indistinctly nicked and free 

 behind. Vomerine teeth in two small groups. Tympanum hidden. 

 Fingers free ; toes slightly webbed, the tips not dilated into regular 

 disks. Outer metatarsals united, Omosternum cartilaginous ; 

 sternum with a bony style, Yertebrse opisthocoelian ; sacral vertebra 

 with strongly dilated diapophyses, and one condyle for articulation 

 with cocc3'x. 



E. Indies. 



1, Megalophrys montana, 



Megalophrys montana, Gilnth. Cat. p. 36. 

 Megalophrys montana, (Kuhl) Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 204 ; Tschudi, 



Batr. p. 82 ; Bum. 8f Bibr. p. 458 ; Cantor, Cat. Mai. Rept. p. 140 ; 



Gilnth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 413, and Ann. ^' May. N. H. (4) xi. 



p. 419. 

 Ceratoplirys montana, Schley. Abhild. t. x. f. 3. 



Vomerine teeth in two small groups a little behind the choanse. 

 Head much depressed ; snout very short, truncated, with angular 

 canthus rostralis and deeply concave loreal region : interorbital space 

 very broad, slightly concave. First finger not extending beyond 

 second ; toes webbed at the base ; tips of fingers and toes blunt or 

 slightly swollen ; subarticular and metatarsal tubercles indistinct. 

 The hind limb l)eing carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the angle of the mouth or a little beyond. Skin 

 with scattered conical warts ; upper eyelid tubercular, produced into 



