896 MB. STATTLET S. rTiOWBH ON THE [NoV.14, 



from Burma and Southern China, I obtained many specimens near 

 Jenan and Alor Star, Kedah, in June 1898, and near Sapatoom, 

 Bangkok, Siam, in August 1898. 



Habits. In each case they were living among swampy paddy- 

 fields ; they sat in the grass on the ridges between the submerged 

 fields, and as one walked along took great leaps away into the 

 water, which, however, they did not seem to like, as they nearly 

 always at once swam back to the bank. They are remarkably 

 nimble, active frogs, and specimens I had in captivity used to climb 

 up a vertical surface of glass like a true tree-frog. 



Colour (^in life). Above rich dark brown, spotted with black, and 

 in some individuals mottled with dull yellow and vivid green, with 

 five very distinct longitudinal lines, which are white with golden 

 shades (the centre hue is from the snout to vent, the next pair 

 from the upper eyelids to the sides of the vent, and the outer ones 

 from the tympanum to the inset of hind leg). Below, head and 

 body white, limbs yellowish. Upper surface of lim bs reddish yellow, 

 handsomely marked with dark brown, three lines along the back 

 of the thigh being most conspicuous. Iris golden. 



Size. Snout to vent 38 mm. ; hind leg 63 mm. 



Distribution. Burma, South China, Siam, Malay Peninsula. 



14. Eana nigrotittata (Blyth). 



Rana nigrovittata, Blgr. Ann. Mus. Grenova, (2) xiii. 1893, p. 334, 

 pi. viii. fig. 3. 



This species, not hitherto recorded from Siam, I found very 

 numerous along the banks of the river at Muok Lek in the Dong 

 Phya Pai, elevation 900 feet, in November 1897 ; both during the 

 heat of the day, in the afternoon, and in the evening they kept up 

 a continuous, loud and rather musical croaldug, something like that 

 of BhacopJiorus leucomyslax, only the note is louder and uttered 

 much more often. They were very active. 



Size. The largest specimen caught measured from snout to vent 

 58 mm. 



Distribution. Burma, Siam. 



15. Eana labialis Blgr. 



Rana labialis, Blgr. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xix. 1887, 

 p. 345, pi. X. fig. 1 ; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 903, pi. xlv. fig. 3 

 (tadpole). 



In Sept. 1898 in Singapore I saw several specimens of this frog 

 both in the Botanical Gardens and in the jungle on Bukit Timah ; 

 it was in each case observed sitting on the leaves of plants or in 

 bushes, so evidently is not a true water-frog like R. erythrcea. 

 Rana labialis can change its colour rapidly from green to brown. 



Distribution. Malay Peninsula and Mentawei Islands. 



16. Rana luctuosa (Peters). 



Rana luctuosa, Blgr. Cat. Batr. Sal, p. 68. 

 Localities. Common on Penang Hill, elevation 2000 to 2200 feet 

 (Nov. 1896 and March 1898), and obtained by Mr. A. L. Butler 



