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finely granular ; a feebly prominent glandular dorso-lateral 

 fold. Unifoini purplisli brown above, limbs with very 

 indistinct darker cross bars ; loreal and temporal regions 

 rather darker; upper li[) and lower parts white. 



From snout to vent [).') millini. 



A single female specimen was obtained by Mr. C. Hose in 

 Borneo, on Mount Dulit. 



Rana m'cobariensis, Stoliczka. 



Specimens recently obtained by my colleague Mr. R. Kirk- 

 patrick at Salak, Java, and which agree in every point with 

 Rana macularia, var. Javantca, of Ilorst (Notes Leyd. Mus. 

 v., 1883, p. 243j, add to our knowledge of the distribution of 

 this frog, which was originally described from the Nicobars, 

 but has since been recorded from Sumatra and Nias. 



Rana glandulosa, Blgr. 



This Bornean frog has recently been rediscovered at 

 Malacca by Mr. Davison. 



IxaJus travancoricus^ sp. n. 



Snout rounded, as long as the diameter of the orbit ; can- 

 thus rostralis obtuse; loreal region slightly concave ; nostril 

 much nearer the end of the snout than to the eye; interorbital 

 space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum hidden. 

 Fingers free ; toes one-third webbed ; disks well developed ; 

 metatarsal tubercle flat, very indistinct. The tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the eye. Skin smooth, granular on the 

 belly and under the thighs. Cream-colour above, minutely 

 dotted with black ; some larger black dots scattered on the 

 back and on the tibia ; a black streak from shoulder to 

 shoulder round the snout, passing through the eyes and the 

 nostrils ; a blackish streak on each side of the anterior half of 

 the back ; a narrow band of pigment along the upper surface 

 of the femur ; belly white, the other parts colourless. 



From snout to vent 31 millim. 



This species is described from a single specimen, a gravid 

 female, obtained by Mr. H. S. Ferguson at Bodanaikanur, 

 'i'ravancore, at the foot of the hills on the eastern side, in 

 May 1891. 



