94 THE BATRACHIA OF KALM'S 



by Linne\ or Forster, is evident from the use of Rana ocel- 

 lata, which does not occur in either the Swedish or the 

 German editions, for the same frog, or one supposed to 

 be the same. I have been able to trace the name Rana 

 halecina back to Linnets 12th edition of the Systema, Vol. 

 i, p. 356, 1766, but no farther. It appears there as a 

 synonym for Rana ocellata. If the name halecina had 

 appeared under authority of Kalm it is unlikely the fact 

 would have escaped the translators of his work. This and 

 the manner in which it is used by Linn6 lead to the conclu- 

 sion that the latter merely translated the Swedish name 

 into Latin as a more convenient term. From the Systema, 

 the quotation of all that relates to Rana ocellata will best 

 serve to give an exact idea of the matter : 

 "Rana ocellata. 10. R. auribus ocellatis, pedibus muticis. 



Mus. Ad. FT. [should be Mus. Lud. Ulr.] 2 



p. 39. 

 Brown, jam. 466. t. 41 f. 4. Eana maxima 



compressa miscella. 

 Kalm. it. 3. p. 45. Rana halecina. 

 Catesb. car. 2. p. 72. t. 72. Rana maxima 



americana aquatica. 

 Seb. mus. 1. t. 76. /. 1 

 Habitat in America. 

 Ad aures macula ocellaris utrinque. 

 Palmae tetradactylce fissce, Plantse 

 pentadactylce, subpalmatce." 



Analyzing this it is found -that Linnets species, R. ocel- 

 lata, was originally (Syst. Nat., ed. x, 1758, i, p. 211) 

 based on Brown's notice. The latter has mixed together, 

 as a single species, the Curruru of Piso (Bufo marinus 

 L. ; Schu.) , the Rana terrestris of Catesby (Bufo lentigino- 

 sus Shaw), the Rana dorso pullifero of Linn6, 1748 (Pipa 



