•494 ]\Ir. G. A. Boulenger on new 



Rhacopliorus rohustus. 



Vomerine teetli in two strong- oblique series between tlie 

 clioanre, narrowly separated Irom each other and nearly 

 touching the inner front edge of the latter. Head rather 

 large, not much depressed, as long as broad ; snout rounded 

 or subacuminate, slightly projecfiirg beyond the lower jaw; 

 canthus rostralis obtuse, loreal region concave ; nostril equally 

 distant from the eye and the end of the snout ; interorbital 

 space narrower tlian the upper eyelid ; tympanum mode- 

 rately distinct, about half the diameter of the eye. Fingers 

 moderately long, with a rudiment of web, the disks as large 

 as the tympanum. Toes moderate, entirely or nearly entirely 

 webbed, the disks a little smaller than those of the fingers ; 

 inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval, moderately prominent. 

 The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye or the nostril ; 

 tibia about half as long as head and body. !Skin smooth or 

 shagreened above, granular on the sides, on the belly, and 

 under the thighs ; a strong oblique glandular fold from the 

 eye to the shoulder. Greyish or brownish above, uniform or 

 with darker variegations, sometimes with scattered white 

 dots; a more or less distinct dark area between the eyes, 

 sharply defined in front ; limbs with or w^ithout dark cross- 

 bars ; groin and sides ot thighs with dark marblings, or 

 n)arbled with blackisii, or black with yellow spots ; lower 

 parts white. Male with an internal vocal sac. 



Total length 75 mm. 



Several specimens from Kankau (sea-level), Alikaug 

 (about 3000 feetj, and Kosempo (about 5000 feet). 



Closely allied to R. huergeri^ Schleg., but distinguished by 

 the presence of a rudiment of web between the fingers. 



Microhyla steinegeri. 



Habit rather stout. Snout truncate, a little shorter than 

 the orbit, projecting beyond the mouth ; interorbital space 

 much broader than the upper eyelid ; choanse very large, no 

 ridce betw'een them. Fingers and toes moderately slender, 

 blunt, not dilated into disks ; first finger a little shorter than 

 second; subarticular and palmar tubercles very strong; a 

 rounded inner metatarsal tubercle; a very slight rudiment of 

 web between the toes. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the 

 temple; tibia not half the length of head and body. Skin 

 smooth ; an oblique fold from the eye to the arm. Dark 

 grey, spotted or freckled with black ; sides of head and limbs 

 with lichen-like light variegations ; a black streak from the 

 end of the snout to the fore limb, passing through the eye ; 



