Dr. A. Giintlier on BatracMans from Perah. 313 



Rana macrodon^ Kuhl. 



Mr. Wray found this species on the hills of Larut, between 

 3000 and 4000 feet. In the adult female specimen which he 

 sent the tarsal fold of the skin, which is generally found in 

 this species, is wanting. Its occasional absence may also be 

 observed, though rarely, in Rana tigrina. 



Phrynella pulchra, Blgr. 

 (PI. XVI. fig. B.) 



This toad was described and figured in this journal (1887, 

 vol. xix. p. 346, pi. X. fig. 2) from two specimens obtained in 

 the district of the town of Malacca. Mr. Wray has now sent a 

 third specimen from an altitude of about 3000 feet on the 

 hills of Perak which differs so much in coloration and general 

 appearance from the types that I had some difficulty in recog- 

 nizing it. But on perusing the notes sent by Mr. Wray with 

 the specimen I have come to the conclusion that it must be 

 referred to the same species. 



The specimen is a male ; its colour is now almost uniform 

 purplish black above and below, only more or less indistinct 

 traces of the ornamental markings being visible ; thus espe- 

 cially the whitish and subtriangular mark above the vent and 

 a spot of similar colour on the heel. Of the lower parts the 

 throat is the darkest, the remainder being finely marbled with 

 brown and grey. 



The extremity of the snout is more pointed and less square 

 than in the figure quoted, the nostrils being closer together. 



The limbs, especially the toes, are shorter, and the disks of 

 the fingers and also the toes broader. 



Very singular is the development of the subarticular tubercles 

 of the fingers (see fig. B). The proximal portion of the fingers 

 is stout and the tubercles are dilated into large, soft, trans- 

 verse pads, two on each of the outer fingers and a single one 

 on each of the two inner ones. On the outer fingers the pads 

 of each pair are close together, the anterior fitting into a 

 hollow of the posterior. 



The tongue is not entire as stated in the original generic 

 diagnosis, but heart-shaped, being distinctly notched behind. 

 I should describe the diapophyses of the sacral vertebra as 

 much dilated. 



Mr. Wray writes about this specimen as follows : — 



" Above dark olive-brown ; from the eye an oblique yellow 

 line to angle of mouth ; a pale olive-yellow mark across fore- 

 head, through the eyes, and down the sides of the body to the 



