416 BATRACHIANS IN THE NATURAL-HISTORY MUSEUM. [June 29, 
GEOMOLGE, g. n. 
Tongue large, subcircular, free on the sides. Palatine teeth in 
two arched, slizhtly angular series, separated by a narrow interspace. 
Toes five. Tail cylindrical at the base, compressed at the end. 
Intermediate between Onychodactylus and Ranidens in the pala- 
tine dentition; distinguished, besides, from the former by the 
absence of claws, from the latter by the shape of the tail, which 
indicates a land animal. 
GEOMOLGE FISCHER], sp.n. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 2.) 
Physiognomy that of Onychodactylus japonicus. Head small, 
longer than broad, broader than the neck; snout rounded; eyes 
large, prominent; no labial lobes. Body cylindrical, four al a half 
or five times the length of the head. Limbs in every respect 
similar to those of Onychodactylus japonicus, save the absence of 
claws; the male likewise with tibio-tarsal dilatation. Tail longer 
than head and body, cylindrical in its anterior half, becoming 
gradually compressed and keeled towards the end, which is obtusely 
pointed. Anal opening subcruciform, as in Onychodactylus. Skin 
smooth; fourteen or fifteen costal grooves; paratoids and gular fold 
as in Onychodactylus. Brown above, with blackish variegations, 
most crowded on the sides, which also bear some whitish spots; lower 
surfaces brownish white. 
ohhic oe 
millim. millim. 
Wotablenctlas, © if Misc ahs saree ce LOO — 
From snout to vent .............. 70 80 
Head . Eta Tah Pais red. Syston inher meme 14 
Wither hamden st: ees Aue 93 10 
Poreclimb: stk es. Soe he eee a 20 
ind ims? Seco A ot nee ee 22 
Tale Mk ne arte a tole tet ee 8 hee —! 
Two specimens from Chaborowska, on the River Ussuri, Man- 
churia, collected by Hr. Dorries, of Hamburg; they were obtained 
for the British Museum through Dr. J. G. Fischer, in honour of 
whom the new species is named. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXIX. 
Fig.1. Jzalus asper, wpper view. 
la. , lower view. 
2.  Geomolge fischeri, 3: 
2a. —, side view of head. 
26, —— ——., open mouth. 
1 Tail injured. 
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