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1919. Dr. Boulenger to whom they were sent is, however, of opinion that 

 they cannot be separated from stomaticus. With a view to verify my 

 position, I have, through the courtesy of the Director of the Zoological 

 ^lurvey of India, been enabled to re-compare my material with the Indian 

 Museum collection. At the end of the reconsideration, I find myself un- 

 able to accept the decision of Dr. Boulenger. For reasons given below I con- 

 sider myself sufficiently justified in regarding the two examples as repre- 

 senting a distinct local race differing from their North Indian congeners 

 in several important particulars. Though I do not possess at present 

 sufficient material to establish their specific distinctness, which may per- 

 haps prove the more correct view to take, I have no doubt about their being 

 racially distinct. 



Bufo stomaticus peninsularis var. nov. 



Head without bony ridges or feebly marked by minute cornified tuber- 

 cles. Snout obtuse, rather truncated obliquely. Interorbital space 

 broader than upper eyelid. Tympanum moderate about f the length of 

 the upper eyelid. First finger equals the second. Toes half-webbed, 

 subarticular tubercles inconspicuous. Two meta tarsal tubercles, — the 

 inner spade-like. Tarso metatarsal articulation reaches the tympanum. 

 Skin perfectly smooth or covered uniformly by minute tubercles. Under 

 surface non-tuberculate. A feebly marked flask-shaped fold over the 

 occiput. Parotoids much flattened, inconspicuous. Cutaneous pores 

 ao-gregated in small numbers over the skin. Colour of live specimens either 

 pale buff or olive green more or less speckled with brown. Under surface 

 yellow on a background of dirty white. 



From snout to vent 45 mm. 



Locality. Mavkote and Watekolle, Coorg. 



Type and syntype in the Indian Museum. 



The enumeration of characters in which the variety peninsularis diff'ers 

 from stomaiicws, (Indian Museum nos. 16067, 16068, 17254 and 17274) may 

 now be proceeded with. They are all from Northern India. 1. The inter- 

 orbital space is 1^ or 1 J of the upper eyelid in peninsularis and equals the 

 upper eyelid in stomaticus. 2. The length of the snout is li the length 

 the upper eyelid in peninsularis and is 4 in stomaticus. 3. The mandibulars 

 symphysis form an acute angle in peninsularis and is a broad semicircle in 

 stomaticus. 4. Inner meta-tarsal tubercle spade like in peninsularis and 

 conical is stomaticus. 5. The vertical diameter of the tympanum is | the 

 leno-th of the upper eyelid in peninsularis and f in stomaticus. 6. The 

 upper eyelid is entire, coterminous with the canthus in penmsuluris and 

 notched both ends in stomaticus. 



Bufo parietalis, Boul. 



1890 Bufo parietalis, Boulenger, Faun. Brit. Ind. Rep. Batr., p. 507. 



A single specimen of this species 1-8 inches (y) is included in the 

 collection and shows the following peculiar characteristics : — 



1. The bony ridges are by no means prominent. 



2. There is a distinct occipital and a prefrontal ridge. 



3. Toes are considerably less than half-webbed and subarticular tuber- 

 cles are absent. 



Specimen in the Indian Museum. 



Explanation of Plates. 

 1. The abnormal Bana tigrina. 

 Fio'. 1. The pelvic girdle and the abnormal femur. 

 Fig. 2. The abnormal femur showing the tubercle and the ridge. 



(w) Dr. Boulenger's record is 3-25 inches, Faun. Brit. Ind. Rapt. Batr., p. 507. 



