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Description of the tadpole. 



Head and body. Length about one and three-quarters times 

 its breadth, much flattened above and below, snout rounded. Nostrils 

 nearer the tip of the snout than the eyes. Eyes looking outwards 

 and upwards. Spiraculum sinistral, much nearer the eye than the 

 vent. Anus dextral. 



Mouth. Subterminal, small. Beak edged with black. A fringe 

 of papillae at the sides and below. Upper lip with two series of 

 teeth, the lower one interrupted ; lower lip with three series, the 

 uppermost narrowly interrupted, the second continuous and of about 

 the same length, the third only half the length. 



Tail. Four times as long as deep, tip pointed ; crests mode- 

 rate, upper and lower about equal. 



Colour in life. Reddish or brownish olive, spotted and speck- 

 led with darker. Below greyish, uniform. 



Measurements of a specimen with the hind legs well devel- 

 oped : — total length 35 ; head and body 12 ; depth of tail 5.5 mm. 



VOL. IV, NO. 4, 1922. 



