1886.] IN THE NATURAL-HtSTORY MUSEUM. 415 



forward?, the femoro-tibial articulation reaches the shoulder and the 

 tibio-tarsal far beyond the end of the snout ; tibia as long as the 

 fore limb. Upper surfaces with small warts intermixed with elon- 

 gate fold-like ones, which form an )(-shaped figure on the scapular 

 region ; a strong fold from eye to shoulder. Dirk brown above, 

 with darker marblings and regular cross bars on the limbs ; lips with 

 a series of dark brown spots ; lower surfaces white. 



From snout to vent 34 millim. 



A single (half-grown?) specimen was obtained at Oho Sima, Loo 

 Choo Islands, and presented to the Museum by Lieut. Alfred 

 Carpenter, H.N., of H.M.S. 'JNIagpi..' 



IxALUS ASPER, sp. H. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 1.) 



Snout rounded, as long as the diameter of the orbit ; cauthus 

 rostralis very feebly marked ; loreal region concave ; nostril nearer 

 the tip of the snout than the eye ; interorbital space broader than 

 the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, nearly as large as the 

 eye. Fingers free, toes three-fourths webbed ; disks well deve- 

 loped ; subarticular tubercles weak ; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. 

 The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches nearly the tip of the snout. 

 Upper parts rough with small conical warts ; belly granular, throat 

 perfectly smooth. Blackish above and below ; the warts of the 

 upper surfaces appearing as white dots ; belly marbled with 

 white; flanks, lower surface of limbs, and hinder side of thighs 

 with irregular white network. Male without vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 35 millim. 



Two specimens, male and female, presented by L. Wray, Esq. ; 

 caught breeding in the water on Hill Garden, Larut, Perak, at an 

 altitude of 3300 feet. 



Hylodes vertebralis, sp. n. 



Tongue oval, entire. Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups con- 

 siderably behind the choanae. Snout rounded or subacuminate, as 

 long as the greatest orbital diameter ; canthus rostralis distinct ; 

 nostril nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; fronto-parietals a 

 little concave, their edges slightly prominent, their width equalling 

 once and one third that of the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, 

 two fifths the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first shorter 

 than second ; toes moderate, quite free, fringed ; disks quite as large 

 as the tympanum; subarticular tubercles moderate ; two metatarsal 

 tubercles. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. Back 

 smooth, sides with small warts ; belly granular. Blackish brown 

 above ; one specimen with a whitish vertebral band ; lower surfaces 

 yellow, brown-speckled; groin and sides of thighs with dark-brown 

 network. 



From snout to vent 38 millim. 



Two female specimens, from Intac, Ecuador ; collected by Mr. 

 Buckley. 



Distinguished from H. bucMeyi by a less stout habit, larger 

 digital expansions, and narrower fronto-parietals. 



