liiitruchiims mid Jiejiti/cs /roin I'criik. 187 



A siti<,'K' specinu'ti was obtained in tlii' Lanit Hills at an 

 altitiulc ot ."{•OOO fiet. Sclani;!)!- Museum. 



Tlii.s species is closely allied to L. ji>loi/i/tui(/ttt, I31gr., troni 

 wliieh it may be disiinguislieil hy the lesser web an<l the 

 extraordinary deruKil ridj^es under tlie toes, a point of struc- 

 ture w liicli Is oidy i'oresluulowed in the types of L. pelodi/toides. 



Ixalus laruteusis. 



ISnout roundel or obtusely pointed, as lon^ as the diameter 

 of the orbit ; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region concave ; 

 nostril a little nearer the end of the snout than the eye ; inter- 

 orbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum mode- 

 rately distinct, half the diameter of the eye. Fingers free; 

 toes half- webbed ; disks of fingers as large as the tympanum; 

 subartieular tubercles moderate ; a small inner metatarsal 

 tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between the 

 eye and the tip of the snout. Upper |)arts smooth or with 

 small flat warts; throat, belly, and lower surface of thighs 

 granulate. Grey -brown or reddish brown above, with dark 

 brown synnnetrica! markings, a cross-band between the eyes 

 being constant ; usually a )( or )-( shaped marking on tiie 

 anterior part of the body ; sides of body and of thighs with 

 white sjjots between a brown network ; limbs with dark 

 cross-bands ; lower parts wiiite, spotted or speckled with 

 brown. 



From snout to vent 35 millim. 



Several specimens from the Larut Hills at 4000 to 4500 

 feet. 



Ltalus vermiculutus. 



Head large, broader than long ; snout rounded, as long as 

 the diameter of the orbit ; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal 

 region concave ; nostril a little nearer the end of the snout 

 than the eye ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; 

 tympanum distinct, two fifths the diameter of the eye. 

 Fingers with a rudiment of web ; toes half-webbed; disks of 

 fingers as large as the tympanum ; subartieular tubercles 

 moderate ; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches between the eye and the tip of the snout. 

 Upper parts smooth; throat, belly, and lower surface of 

 thighs granulate. (Jlivc-green above, closely veriniculatc 

 with black ; upper surface of thighs with a series of large 

 lilack blotches ; sides of thighs and anal region orange- 

 yellow ; white beneath. iMale with a large gular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 'S\\ millim. 



Three specimens from the Larut Hills at 4000 feet. 



