120 Mr. J. A. Murray on a 



XIII. — Description of a new Species of the Zetides Section of 

 Papilio. By F. Mooee, FiZ.S., A.L.S. 



Zetides Acheron ^ n. sp. 



Nearest to Z. Awion. Upper side differs in the medial trans- 

 verse band being broader, the discoidal spots longer, and the 

 marginal spots larger. Underside : markings more nacreous 

 than in Z. Axion or Z. Telephus : fore wing with the medial 

 transverse band much broader throughout and very slenderly 

 divided by the veins ; discoidal spots all larger, the two termi- 

 nals well separated, the penultimate upper spot entire : hind 

 wing with a very broad medial band of wider extent than in 

 Z. Evemon ; the subbasal costal red-banded streak also broad ; 

 the black spot at end of the cell linear and narrow, with the 

 red lunule situated outside the cell between the lower sub- 

 costal and radial vein ; a red lunule (but no preceding black 

 spot) between the radial and upper median ; the other two 

 succeeding black spots being quadrate, and tlieir red lunule 

 recurved ; the marginal row of spots of a conical shape, their 

 upper end almost touching the red lunules. 



Expanse 3i inches. 



Hah. N.E. Bengal. In coll. F. Moore. 



XIV. — A new Frog (Rana sternosignata) from Sind. By 

 James A. Mureay, Curator of the Kurrachee Municipal 

 Museum. 



In this paper I have to add a Batrachian to the already known 

 forms in Sind. 



I am indebted for the specimens to Captain J. Babington 

 Peile of the P. W. own Grenadiers, who very kindly under- 

 took to make a collection of specimens for the Kurrachee 

 Museum, when on the Zhob Valley expedition, and to Mr. J. 

 Strachan, M.I.C.E., of the Kurrachee Municipality. Capt. 

 Peile's specimens are from Zandra in Afghanistan and Quetta, 

 and Mr. Strachan's from Mulleer near Kurrachee. 



Rana sternosignata^ sp. nov. 



Head broad, without an occipital fold. Gape 1*5 inch across. 

 Snout rounded, without canthus rostralis, nostrils nearer the 

 eye than the end of the snout. Tympanum rather indistinct, 

 about one third the size of the eye. Interorbital space slightly 

 concave and as wide as the upper eyelid. A plait behind the 

 eye above the tympanum not very distinct in some speci- 



