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tail or rather less. Nostrils nearer the end of the snout than the 

 eyes. A strongly-marked lachrymal gland from eye to nostril. 

 Eyes on the side of the head, nearer the spiraculum than the end 

 of the snout; the distance between the eyes more than twice as 

 great as that between the nostrils, and much greater than the 

 width of the mouth. 



Spiraculum on the left side, directed backwards and upwards, 

 nearer the anus than the end of the snout, visible from above and 

 from below. Anus opening on the right side, halfv^'ay between 

 the lower edge of the subcaudal crest and the muscular portion of 

 the tail. Tail rather more than three times as long as deep, very 

 acutely pointed, upper crest convex, about the same depth as the 

 lower, or in some specimens very markedly shallower ; the upper 

 crest does not extend on to the back ; the depth of the muscular 

 portion at its base rather more than half the greatest total length. 



Beak black. Sides and lower edge of the lip bordered with 

 papilljE, except in the centre of the lower lip, where there is a 

 small semicircular notch, devoid of papillae. Upper lip with four 

 series of fine teeth, the uppermost uninterrupted, the second 

 narrowly interrupted, and the third and fourth broadly so ; lower 

 lip with three long uninterrupted series of teeth. 



Colour. Above dark brown, irregularly mottled with darker ; 

 beneath buff ; the sides and tail buff, mottled with brown. These 

 tadpoles, from different localities, vary a good deal in colour, some 

 being dark brov^'u above, others a light dirty buff colour. 



Size. These tadpoles vary even more in size than in colour ; 

 some exceptionally tine ones were 46 mm. in total length. Length 

 of body 15'5 mm., length of tail 31, depth of tail 10. 



The recently transformed young measure from 14 to 18 mm. 

 from snout to vent. 



15. Ehacophorus LBPKOStrs, Schl. 



Polypedates leprosus, Griinther, Ann. & Mag. N. 11. (5) xx. 1887, 

 p. 315, pi. xvi. figs. A, a, a . 



EhacnpTiorus leprosus, ]3oul. P. Z. S. 1890, p. 284. 



Mr. "VVray obtained this species at an elevation of 4000 ft. on 



the hills of Larut, Ferak. He says of it:- — "This species 



lives in holes in trees, and the note produced by it is not so loud 

 as that of Phrynella, and has a more metallic ring in it." 



Hah. Malay Peninsula ; Sumatra. 



Note. — lihacophorus denvysi was described by Mr. Blanford 

 (P. Z. S. 1881, p. 224, pi. xxi. fig. 3); the specimen was in a 

 collection sent from Singapore by Dr. Dennys, and was said to 

 have come from China. Since then another specimen of this species 

 lias been received at the British Museum from Poochow ; so that 

 there can be little doubt that the type specimen was really from 

 China, and that this species should not be included in the fauna 

 of Malaya. 



