108 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on new Malay Frogs. 



Engystoma borneense. 



Eemarkably similar to the South- American E. microps. 

 Snout very long, pointed, strongly projecting ; eye small, 

 two fifths the length of the snout ; interorbital space thrice 

 as broad as the upper eyelid. Fore limb a little longer than 

 its distance from the tip of the snout; fingers short, swollen 

 at the end, first shorter than second ; toes quite free, the tij)s 

 swollen into small disks ; a very small inner metatarsal 

 tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the posterior 

 border of the eye, the tarso-metatarsal the tip of the snout. 

 Skin perfectly smooth. Blackish brown above, with scattered 

 minute white dots; brown beneath. 



From snout to vent 39 niillim. 



A single specimen from the Baram district, Sarawak, 

 collected by Mr. C. Hose. 



Microhyla * palmipes. 



Habit slender. Snout rounded, as long as the diameter 

 of the orbit ; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid. 

 Fingers merely swollen at the end, first much shorter than 

 second, third twice as long as second or fourth ; toes two- 

 thirds webbed, with small terminal di.sks; two extremely 

 small oval metatarsal tubercles. The tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaches the tip of the snout. Skin smooth. Grey-brown 

 above, with symmetrical, darker, light-edged markings, viz. 

 a triangle between the eyes, a large A -shaped figure on the 

 back, and a dark oblique band from the eye to the middle of 

 the side; a dark oblique bar on the thigh and another on the 

 tibia ; anal region black ; a black spot on the inner side of 

 the tibia, a little above the heel ; lower parts whitish, throat 

 and belly with a few brown specks; lower lip dark brown 

 with white dots. 



From snout to vent 18 millim. 



A single sj)ecimen irom Pengalengan, Java, 4000 feet, 

 collected by 11 r. II. Fruhstorfer. 



* The pupil in Microhyla aDd CaUtila is round, not vertical, as erro- 

 neously slated by me iu the ' Catalogue of Batrachians.' 



