Mr. G. A. Bouleuger on Two new Batracldans. 449 



Five specimens from South-western Madagascar, collected 

 by Mr. Last. 



Pygomeles trivittatus. 



Snout rounded, feebly projecting ; ear-opening distinct, a 

 little larger than the nostril. Rostral large, deeply notched 

 on each side for the reception of the nasal, its upper portion 

 nearly as long as its distance from the frontal ; fronto-nasal 

 twice as broad as long ; frontal a little broader than long, in 

 contact with three supraoculars ; interparietal longer than 

 broad, shorter than the frontal ; parietals forming a suture 

 behind the interparietal ; nostril entirely in advance of the 

 suture between the rostral and the first labial ; three upper 

 labials anterior to the subocular. Body much elongate; 

 scales smooth, 24 round the middle of the body ; a pair of 

 feebly enlarged praeanal scales. Limbs rudimentary ; fingers 

 3 or 4, bud-like, clawed ; toes 3, short, unequal, gradually 

 increasing in length, clawed. Tail shorter than head and 

 body, tapering to a sharp point. Yellowish flesh-colour above, 

 with three blackish-brown stripes, the median extending to 

 the frontal shield, the lateral to the nostril, passing through 

 the eye. 



millim. 



Total length 200 



Head 10 



Width of head 8 



Body 100 



Fore limb 3^ 



Hind limb 6 



Tail 90 



Four specimens from Imerina, collected by the Rev. R. 

 Baron. 



LXIII. — Descriptions of Two neio Bairachians obtained hy 

 Mr. A. Everett 07i Mount Kina Balu, North Borneo. By 

 G. A. BOULENGEK, F.R.S. 



Cornufer haluensis. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups behind the level of 

 the choange. Snout rounded, as long as the orbit ; canthus 

 rostralis obtuse; loreal region concave; interorbital space 

 nearly as broad as the upper eyelid ; crown flat ; tympanum 

 two thirds the diameter of the eye. Fingers and toes rather 

 short, the tips dilated into well-developed disks, which are 



