ADDENDA. 461 



longitudinal folds ; a glandular lateral fold ; lower surfaces smooth. 

 Brown above, with rather large blackish spots ; a triangular or 

 chevron-shaped blackish marking between the eyes ; generally a 

 light spot on the tip of the snout ; sometimes a light vertebral 

 stripe ; hind limbs regularly cross-barred, broader bars generally 

 alternating with narrower ones ; lower surfaces, and sometimes 

 also sides of the body, dirty white ; gular and thoracic regions 

 mottled with brown. Male with, two internal vocal sacs. Prom 

 snout to vent 34 millim. 

 Madagascar. 



a. Several spec. : East Betsileo. Eev. Deans Cowan [C] 



<?,$,& hgr. 



h-f. rf'j^j&hgr. Ankafana, Betsileo. flev. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



g. 5. East Betsileo. Kev. Deans Cowan [C.j. 



736. Rana curta. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups behind the level of the 

 choanse. Head moderate ; snout rounded ; canthus rostralis obtuse ; 

 loreal region slightly concave ; interorbital space as broad as the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, half or three fifths the diameter 

 of the eye. Fingers and toes moderate, the tips dilated into very 

 small disks ; first and second fingers equal ; toes three fourths 

 webbed; subarticular tubercles rather small; a small inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle ; no outer tubercle. If the hind limb is carried 

 forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 

 eye. Back with very indistinct flat warts ; lower surfaces smooth. 

 Olive-brown above, with rather indistinct darker spots ; a dark tri- 

 angular spot between the eyes ; a dark temporal spot ; hind limbs 

 with dark cross bars ; beneath dirty white, uniform or clouded with 

 brown. Male with two internal vocal sacs. From snout to vent 

 39 millim. 



Madagascar. 



a-e. c? , 2 , hgi-., & yg. East Betsileo. Rev. Deans Cowan [C." . 



f-g. $ . Ankafaua, Betsileo. Eev. Deans Cowan [0.]. 



Add; 



Page 56. Kana beddomii. 



^o 



t-n. 2 & hgr. ^ Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



The adult female is larger than any specimen yet received, 

 measuring 67 millim. from snout to vent; it is beautiful uniform 

 pink above, the markings on the back and limbs being absent. The 

 half-grown specimen is purplish pink, with the ordinary dark 

 markings. 



. , , Page 58. Rana diplosticta. 



g. 5 . Anamallays. Col. Beddcme [C.]. 



