1897.] BEPTTLES AND BATRACniA.XS OF CELEBES. 207 



6. ?. 

 mm. ram. 



Total length 182 242 



Head 13 16 



Width oE head 8-5 11 



Bodv 49 60 



1 ore limb 29 32 



Hind limb 35 41 



Tail 120 166 



14. Dbaco beccaeii, Peters & Doria. (Plate IX.) 



Numerous specimens : Lahu, South Coast near Bonthain, 

 Macassar. 



Kandari, S.E.Celebes (Beccari). S. Celebes {Everett). 



Head small ; snout as long as the orbit ; nostrils lateral, 

 directed outwards ; tympanum usually naked, rarely scaly ; parietal 

 (pineal) foramen distinct. Upper head-scales very unequal, keeled ; 

 2 to 4 series of small scales along the interorbital region between 

 the enlarged, strongly keeled supraoculars ; nasal shield separated 

 from the rostral and from the first labial by two, rarely by one, 

 series of scales ; 8 to 10 upper and as many lower labials. The 

 male's gular appendage two- thirds to three-fourths the length of the 

 head. A very slight nuchal crest. Dorsal scales subequal, more 

 or less distinctly keeled, rarely nearly smooth, a little larger than 

 the ventrals, which are strongly keeled ; no lateral series of enlarged 

 scales. The fore limb stretched forward extends much beyond the 

 tip of the snout ; the hind limb reaches the axil or the shoulder. 

 Pale greyish above, with brown marblings or wavy cross-bars ; 

 black nuchal spot small or absent ; female with black lines on the 

 head, one of which passes through the eye and forms an angle on 

 the occiput ; sides of head, in the male, reticulated with dark grey ; 

 gular appendage of male bright orange ; throat of female with 

 black dots ; wing-membrnnes of male orange, rusty brown or grey 

 at the base, blackish towards the outer border, with two or more 

 large black spots above and usually one or two below the anterior 

 border ; wing-membranes of female orange or yellow, spotted and 

 dotted with black, with two to four black cross-bands on the outer 

 portion and one or two black spots below, near the anterior border. 



mm. mm. 



Total length 205 217 



Head 15 15 



Width of head 9 10 



Bodv 55 60 



Fore limb 33 34 



Hind limb 40 42 



Tail 135 142 



The specimens that have been referred to D. volans and D. ma- 

 culatus will, on proper examination, prolsably turn out to belong to 

 D. beccari.i. 



