888 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Nov. 14, 



head 38 mm. ; arm 46 mm. ; leg 115 mm. The largest § measured : 

 snout to vent 70 mm. ; width of head 27 mm. 



Distribution. Southern China, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sipora 

 (Mentawei Islands), Java, Borneo, Celebes. 



6. Eana laticeps Blgr. 



Mana laticeps, Blgr. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 20, pi. i. fig. 1 : S. Movi'er, 

 P. Z. S. 1896, p. 897. 



Dr. Hanitsch (Eep. Baffles Libr. & Mus. 1898) records obtaining 

 Rana laticej)s from Grunong Kledang, Ipoh, Perak, in March 1898, 

 at an elevation of 2000 feet. 



Distribution. Kbassya, Bengal, Malay Peninsula. 



7. Rana maceodon Ivuhl. (Plate LIX, figs. 1, 1 a.) 

 Rana macrodon, Blgr. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 24. 



In the P. Z. S. 1896, p. 898, I pointed out that there aj)pear to 

 be two forms of this species in the Malay Peninsula ; since then 

 I have seen a large nvnnber of these frogs, all of which were 

 referable to one or other of the varieties, but I found large 

 specimens of the Penang variety may approach the Singapore 

 variety in colour (having the upper parts reddish or brownish 

 yellow), and in the distance of the nostrils apart being less than 

 the interorbital space. 



The stomachs of these big frogs generally contain a good deal 

 of foreign matter, bits of leaves, small twigs, sand, fine granite, 

 gravel, and angular pebbles as much as 10*5 mm. in diameter. 

 Their food consists of snails, crabs (Thelphusidae), caterpillars, 

 beetles, crickets, ants, &c., and twice I have found the remains of 

 scorpions {Hormurus sp. incert.) in their stomachs. Sometimes 

 there are a number of parasitic worms between the kidneys and 

 the back. 



The fang- like bony prominences in the lower jaw are sometimes 

 very sharp and nearly 5 mm. in length. 



Localities. Penang Hills, 1900 to 2200 feet (November 1896, 

 March and April 1898) ; Larut Hills, Perak, 3200 to 3400 feet 

 (April 1898) : in both of these localities the Penang variety is 

 numerous about water (mountain streams and pools) and groM s 

 to a large size. I also got two very typical specimens of this 

 variety near the foot of (jrunong Pulai, Johore (September 1897), 

 from which State this species had not pi'eviously been recorded ; 

 and it is interesting to thus find the Penang variety at a low 

 elevation (about 200 feet) and so near the island of Singapore. 

 So far I have not come across the Singapore variety on the main- 

 land or at Penang. 



Colour (in life). One specimen from Penang was unusually 

 coloured, the upper parts being rich bronze-red and the linibs 

 handsomely marked with yellow and dark brown ; below (as usual) 

 the chin was white and the remainder pale orange. Iris (noted 

 fi'om many specimens) : a narz^ow ring of bright gold round the 



