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Mr. G. A. Boulencrer on a 



Ilormonotas niodt;slus. 



Lampyophl'i modestus, Diini. & Bibr. 1854. 

 Ilormonoius ciuda.v, ILillow., lSo7. 

 llonnonotus modfistiui, Giinther, 1802. 

 Heterolepis glaher, Jan, 1803. 

 Boodon (Lamprophis) modestus, Peters, IS?-"*. 

 Hoodoii (Alopecioji) Vossii, Fischer, 1888. 



3, Heterolepis poeiisis, Smith. — I am glad to .«ay the type 

 specimen is not lost. It is still in the British Museum, 

 where it was registered in April 1847. The fact that its tail 

 is mutilated accounts for the small number (G7) of subcaudal 

 shields. The R. hicarinatus of Dumdril and Bibron (1854) 

 is merely a synonym of II. jwensis, Smith (1847). 



XL VI. — Description of a neio European Frog. 

 By G. A. BOULENGER. 



Rana yneca, sp. n. 



Head a little broader than long, moderately depressed. 

 Snout very short, rounded, not at all prominent, as long as 

 the diameter of the eye ; loreal region even less oblique than 



in li. temporaria and 1\. iherica, very distinctly concave ; 

 nostril a little nearer the end of the snout than to the eye; 



