462 . ADDEJSTDA. 



Page 58. Add a now species : — 



11 a. Rana phry no derma. 



Vomerine teeth in two slightly oblique oval groups between the 

 choanae. Tongue Avith a free, pointed, conical papilla in the middle. 

 Head modei'ate ; snout rounded, with indistinct canthus rostralis ; 

 interorbital space narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum rather 

 indistinct, about two thirds the diameter of the eye. Fingers and 

 toes rather short, the tips dilated into small disks ; first finger not 

 extending as far as second ; toes one-fourth webbed ; subarticidar 

 tubercles well developed ; a small, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle. 

 If the hind limb is carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Upper parts covered with 

 warts of different sizes and short glandular folds. Dark greyish 

 brown above, with obsolete darker spots ; limbs with regular cross 

 bars ; beueath brown, dotted with whitish. Prom snout to vent 

 35 millim. 



South India. 



u-b. Ilgr. Auamallays. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



A II . Page 64. Rana temporalis. 



2)-q- 6 2 • Malabar. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



» ■, n . Page 67. Rana inguinalis. 



b-c. $ . East Betsileo. Eev. Peans Cowan [C.]. 



f/. 5 • Ankafana, Betsileo. liev. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



The hinder side of the thighs is black, elegantly spotted with 

 white ; ujiper parts sometimes purplish pink ; a very narrow verte- 

 bral line may be present. 



Page 68. Rana grannlata. 



For " Fingers slender, first longer than second," read " Fingers 

 slender, first shorter than second." 



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96 a. Rana ulcerosa. 



Limnodytes ulcerosus, Boettger, Zool. Anz. 1880, p. 282, and Abh. 

 Sench. Ges. xii. p. 70, pi. iv. f. 17. 



Yomerine teeth in two small groups behind the level of the 

 choanae. Habit stout. Head moderate ; snout obtuse ; canthus 

 rostralis moderately marked ; loreal region distinctly concave ; tym- 

 panum of male more than two thirds, of female more than half the 

 size of the eye. First and second fingers equal ; toes two-thirds or 

 three-fourths webbed ; tips of fingers and toes dilated into small 



