1908.] BATRACHIANS OF THE GENUS MEGALOPHRYS. 423 



rostralis strong ; loreal region not very oblique, concave ; nostril 

 a little nearer end of snout than eye ; interorbital space as broad 

 as upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, its diameter ^ that of eye, 

 from which it is separated by a space equal to its own diameter. 

 Fingers blunt, first and second equal and about | length of third ; 

 no subarticular tubercles ; two metacarpal tubercles, inner very 

 large, outer small. Toes moderately long, blunt, webbed at the 

 base only, the web continued as a slight fringe along each side ; 

 a strong dermal ridge or keel along the lower surface of the third 

 and fourth toes ; a small, feebly prominent, oval inner metatarsal 

 tubercle. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching eye ; tibia ^ length 

 from snout to vent ; foot shorter than tibia, but longer than head. 

 Skin smooth, with small tubercles on the upper eyelids. Grey 

 above, with darker light-edged symmetrical markings, the largest 

 occupying the middle of the back ; a black lumbar spot ; a black 

 canthal and temporal streak ; black spots on the sides ; dai"k 

 cross-bars on the limbs ; lower parts grey, speckled with black ; 

 a round whitish spot on each side of the breast, at the base of the 

 arm, another on the back of each thigh. 



Measurements of the single ( § ) specimen : — 



From snout to vent 33 millim. 



Length of head (to occiput) 11 ,, 



Width of head 11 „ 



Length of snovit 4 ,, 



Diameter of eye 4 ,, 



Literorbital width 3 ,, 



Diameter of tympanum 2 ,, 



Distance between eye and tympanum... 2 ,, 



Forelimb 22 „ 



Hand 8 ,, 



Hind limb 48 „ 



Tibia 16 „ 



Foot 13 „ 



A single specimen from the Larut Hills, Perak, 3500 ft., 

 formerly in the Selangor Museum, is now in the British 

 Museum. 



10. Megalophrys pelodytoibes. 



Lejitohrachium pelodytoides Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Geneva, (2) 

 xiii. 1893, p. 345, pi. xi. fig. 3. 



Tongue notched behind. Vomerine teeth absent. Head 

 moderate, as long as broad or a little broader than long ; snout 

 i-ounded, scarcely projecting beyond lower jaw, a little shorter 

 than orbit ; canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region oblique, 

 concave ; nostril equally distant from eye and from end of snout ; 

 interorbital space as broad as upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, 

 its diameter \ or 'i that of eye, from which it is separated by a 

 space equal or inferior to its own diameter. Fingers with slightly 

 swollen tips, first and second equal and about f length of third ; 



