ON TWO FORMS OF RANA FROM N.W. SPAIN. 169 
well-known Leicestershire geologist, upon this subject, I received 
the following reply :—‘‘ I have thought over the question as to 
remains of Carnivora in our post-tertiary deposits, and, although 
I have seen a good many remains of other orders, have never 
recognised any as belonging to the Carnivora. They are not 
mentioned, I find, in Ansted’s ‘Geology of Leicestershire,’ in 
J. W. Judd’s ‘ Geological Survey and Memoir of the County,’ nor 
in Harrison’s ‘Geology.’ This seems strange, as they are found 
in post-tertiaries near Stamford and Peterborough: Hyena in a 
cave near Stamford, Hyena spelea and Canis lupus in estuarine 
gravels near Peterborough. Possibly other conditions prevailed 
which prevented their living hereabout, or, it may be, we have 
not representatives of the beds in which their remains (Carnivora) 
are found in neighbouring localities.” 
(To be continued.) 
ON TWO FORMS OF RANA FROM N.W. SPAIN. 
By Victor Lorrz SEOANE. 
THE increasing interest which is paid to the variations of 
Kuropean Reptiles and Batrachians has led to the discovery of 
many forms which link together species hitherto regarded as 
perfectly separated. The Spanish Peninsula has yielded several 
such forms, but there remains a great deal to do, especially in 
the comparison of the commonest species with their represen- 
tatives in other countries. This induces me not to delay further 
the publication of the following notes on Rana esculenta and R. 
temporaria. 
1. RANA TEMPORARIA PARVIPALMATA, subsp. nov.— Although 
too closely related to R. temporaria (R. fusca, Ros.) to justify a 
specific separation, the land frog of Galice is so easily dis- 
tinguished from it that it deserves a special denomination. The 
most striking difference resides in the shorter web between the 
toes, as well during as after the breeding season. In the typical 
R. temporaria post-nuptias the toes are always at least two- 
thirds webbed, phalanges II. of the first toe, II. and III. on the 
inner side and III. on the outer side of the second and third, ITI. 
and IV. of the fourth, and III. of the fifth, remaining free; and 
nuptiis tempore the membrane reaches to nearly the extremity of 
