416 ]\rr. G. A. Boulengev on new 



speckled or mottled with black ; sides yellow^ with large 

 l)lack spots or marblings ; limbs with nunierou-i dark cross- 

 bands, which may be broken up into spots or marbliiigs ; 

 liinder side of thighs yellow, spotted or marbled with black ; 

 lower parts white, throat and breast sometimes spotted with 

 l)lackish. Male with internal vocal sacs ; fore limb much 

 thickened ; inner finger with a large pad, covered during the 

 breeding-season with a velvety yellowish or greyish horny 

 layer. 



From snout to vent 102 mm. 



Yunnan at Yunnan fa ; numerous specimens from the 

 collection of Mr. J. Graham. 



This species is very similar to B. ayidersoni, Blgr., with 

 which I had at first confounded it ; bu.t the absence of disks 

 to the fingers and toes readily distinguishes it. 



Rana taraliumarce. 



Vomerine teeth in small oblique groups just beliind the 

 level of the posterior borders of the choanse. Head much 

 depressed, broader than long ; snout rounded, feebly pro- 

 jecting beyond the mouth, as long as the eye ; cantlius 

 rostralis very obtuse ; loreal region very oblique, slightly 

 concave ; nostril equidistant from the eye and from the tip of 

 the snout ; tympanum distinct, f to ^ the diameter of the 

 eye. Fingers with feebly swollen tips, first longer than 

 second ; subarticular tubercles moderate. The tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the tip of the snout or between the eye 

 and the tip of the snout ; heels meeting when the limbs are 

 folded at right angles to the body ; tibia 1|- to 2 times in 

 length from snout to vent. Toes with the tips swollen into 

 very small disks, the base of which is involved in the very 

 broad web ; no tarsal fold ; a feebly prominent, elliptic inner 

 metatarsal tubercle, measuring ^ to ? the lengtli of the inner 

 toe; no outer tubercle. Skin smooth, or upper parts with 

 small pustules ; a feeble curved glandular fold from the eye 

 to the shoulder ; no dorso-lateral fold. Brown or olive above, 

 with small blackish spets or numerous dots; limbs with 

 irregular dark cross-bands ; lower parts white, uniform or 

 throat, breast, and limbs mottled with greyish brown. .Male 

 without vocal sacs, with a thick blackisli pad on the inner 

 side of the first finger. 



From snout to vent 77 mm. 



Several specimens, from loquiro and Barranca del Cobre, 

 Sierra Tarahumare, N.AV. Mexico, form part of a collection 

 presented by Dr. H. Gadow a few years ago. I had 



