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rostralis sharp ; loreal region vertical, concave ; nostril equally 

 distant from eye and fi-om end of snout ; interorbital space flat, 

 as broad as upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, f to | diameter 

 of eye, equal to or greater than its distance from latter. Fingers 

 with feebly swollen tips, first and second equal, about | length of 

 third ; subarticular and carpal tubercles indistinct or absent. Toes 

 slender, with feebly swollen tips, with a slight rudiment of web, 

 often with a feeble dermal ridge on the lower surface, but without 

 subarticular tubercles ; a small, oval, flat inner metatarsal tubercle. 

 Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the eye ; tibia 4 or a little less 

 than J length from snout to vent ; foot shoi-ter than tibia. Skin 

 smooth, with small scattered warts on the head and back ; a 

 glandular fold from the eye to the shoulder ; two small white 

 warts close together on the chin and one on each side of the breast 

 near the insertion of the fore limb. Dark grey or brown above, 

 with symmetrical blackish markings ; upper svirface of snout and 

 scapular region light ; a whitish blotch on the upper lip below 

 anterior half of eye ; limbs with dark cross-bands ; a small round 

 white spot on the back of the thigh ; throat and breast brown or 

 brownish ; three longitudinal, blackish, light-edged mai-kings on 

 the throat ; large blackish spots on the side of the belly ; posterior 

 part of belly and lower surface of thighs dirty white. Male with 

 internal vocal sac. 



6. ?. _ 



From snout to vent 35 46 millim. 



Length of head (to occiput) 11 12 ,, 



Width of head 13 15 „ 



Length of snout 3 4 ,, 



Diameter of eye 4 5 ,, 



Interorbital width 3| 5 ,, 



Diameter of tympanum 2| 3| ,, 



Distance between eye and tympanum ... 2^ 3 ,, 



Forelimb 24" 29 „ 



Hand 10 12 „ 



Hind limb 54 64 „ 



Tibia 17 22 „ 



Foot 15 19 



Described from six specimens obtained by Mr. J. D, La Touche 

 at Kuatun, JST.W. Fokien, China. A specimen from Kiukiang has 

 been noticed by Boettger (Ber. Senck. Ges. 1894, p. 141) under 

 the name of Leptobrac/iium tnonticola. 



8. Megalophrys gracilis. (Plate XXY. fig. 1.) 



Leptobrachium gracile Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 598 ; 

 Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 440 (1882). 



Tongue nicked behind. Vomerine teeth absent. Head 

 modei'ate, as long as broad or slightly broader than long ; snout 

 rounded, not projecting beyond lower jaw, as long as or slightly 

 s horter than orbit ; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region not 



