482 G. A. BOULENGER 
2. Oxyglossus laevis, Grur. 
Kaw-ka-riet. 
3. Rana kuhlii, D. & B. 
Thagatà Juwà; Pla-poo. 
Full-grown specimens (105 millim. from snout to vent) have 
an enormously large head, nearly as long as and broader than 
the body, and the first finger does not extend beyond the 
second. 
Nyctibatrachus sinensis, Peters, SB. Ges. Naturf. Freunde, 1882, 
p. 146, from the Lofau hills, Province of Canton, is to be ad- 
ded to the synonymy of R. kuhl. I have examined the type 
specimen in the Berlin Museum. 
4. Rana macrodon, Tscu. 
Thagatà Juwà; Meetan. 
5. Rana doriae, sp. n. 
Vomerine teeth in two oblique oval groups commencing on 
a line with the hinder edge of the choanae; lower jaw without 
bony prominences. Head moderate; snout short, obtuse, about 
as long as the diameter of the orbit; canthus rostralis obtuse; 
loreal region slightly concave; nostril equally distant from the 
orbit and the end of the snout; interorbital space as broad as 
the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, two thirds or three fourths 
the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending a 
little beyond second; toes moderate, nearly entirely webbed; a 
feeble cutaneous fringe along the outer side of the fifth toe; 
tips of fingers and toes dilated into small disks; subarticular 
tubercles moderate ; inner metatarsal tubercle elongate, blunt, 
two thirds the length of the inner toe; no outer tubercle; a 
feeble tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye 
or the nostril. Skin smooth or with irregular glandules on the ~ 
back; a more or less distinct transverse fold connects the po- 
sterior borders of the eyes; a strong fold from the eye to the 
shoulder, above the tympanum. Brown above, with small irre- 
gular darker spots; sometimes a yellowish vertebral band; a 
lighter cross band between the eyes, bordered with darker behind; 
lips with vertical dark brown bars; hind limbs with rather 
