404 MH. G. A. BOFLENGER ON APODAT; BATRACHIANS. [May 21, 



IchiliyopMs ghitinosus. Cantor, Cat. Mai. Eept. p. 138 (1847); 

 Gray, Cat. p. 60 (1850); Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 931, 

 pi. — . figs. 1 & 3 ; Bouleng. Cat. p. 89, pi. iv. fig. 2 (1882) ; Sarasin, 

 Nat. Forseh. Ceylon, ii. (1887-1890) ; Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Geneva, 

 (2) V. 1887, p. 423, pi. iv. fig. 4, and Taun. Ind., Eept. p. 515 

 (1890). 



IchihyopMs heddomii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 932, 

 pi. — . fig. 4. 



Southern India ; Ceylon ; Eastern Himalayas ; Assam ; Burma ; 

 Indo-China ; Malay Peninsula ; Sumatra ; Borneo ; Java. 



*2, ICHTHTOPHIS MONOCHEOUS. 



Ichthyophis glutinosus, var.. Cantor, Cat. Mai. Eept. p. 137 

 (1847). 



Epicrium monochroum, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xvi. 

 1858, p. 188 ; Gunth. Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 443 (1864). 



IchtliyopJiis monochrous, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 932 ; 

 Bouleng. Cat. p. 91, pi. iv. fig. 1 (1882), and Faun. Ind., Eept. 

 p. 517 (1890). 



Western Ghats of India, from Bombay to Travancore ' ; Sikkim ; 

 Singapore ; Sumatra ; Borneo ; Java. 



2. Debmophis. 



Siphonops, part., Dum. & Bibr. viii. p. 281 (1841); A. Dum. 

 Mem. Soc. Cherb. ix. 1863, p. 317. 



DermopUs, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1879, p. 937 ; Bouleng. Cat. 

 p. 97 (1882). 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Diameter of body 46 times in total length ; 170 folds ; ten- 



tacle in front of, and scarcely below, the eye 1 . albiceps. 



II. Diameter of body 20 to 30 times in total length ; 125- 



170 folds. 



Snout rounded, as long as the distance between the ejes 2. mexicanus. 



Snout rounded, a little longer than the distance between the 



eyes 3. gregorii. 



Snout acuminate; the distance between tentacle and nostril 



four to five times that between tentacle and eye 4. thomensis. 



III. Diameter of body 19 times in total length ; 95 folds ... 5. crassus. 

 *1. DeEMOPHIS ALBICEPS. 



Dermophis albiceps, Bouleng. Cat. p. 98, pi. viii. fig. 1 (1882). 

 Ecuador. 



*2. Dermophis mexicakus. 



Siphonops mexicanus, Dum. & Bibr. viii. p. 284 (1841) ; Gray, 

 Cat. p. 59 (1850) ; A. Dum. Mem. Soc. Cherb. ix. 1863, p. 23, 



^ A fine specimen from Maduvangaud, Travancore, presented by Mr. H. S, 

 Ferguson, measures 500 miliim. 



