908 ME. STANLEY S. PLOWEB Olf THE [Nov. 14, 



I have been told the Laos eat Callula puhlira, but the Siamese 

 in Bangkok do not, though they esteem Rana tigrina as food. 



Distribution. India, Ceylon, Burma, South China, Siam, 

 Cambodia, Malay Peninsula, Celebes. 



34. Pheynella pulchea Blgr. 



Phrynella pulchra, Blgr. A. M. N. H. (5) xix. 1887, p. 346, 

 pi. X. fig. 2. 



Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Malacca), Sumatra, Mentawei 

 Islands. 



35. Phrynella pollicaeis Blgr. 



Phrynella pidclira, Giinth. A. M. N. H. (5) xx. 1887, p. 313, 

 pi. xvi. fig. B ; L. Wray, J. S. B. E. A. S. 1890, no. 21, p. 141. 

 PJirynella ■pollicaris, Blgr. P. Z. S. 1890, p. 37. 

 Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Perak). 



Family Bueonid^. 



36. Nectopheyne guentheei Blgr. 



Nedophryne guentlieri, Blgr. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 280, pi. xviii. 

 fig. 3 ; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 910. 



Mr. Eidley obtained another specimen on Bukit Timab, Singa- 

 pore, in March 1898. 



Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Singapore), Mentawei Islands, 

 Natuna Islands, Borneo. 



37. BuEO penan&ensis (StoL). (Plate LX. figs. 3, 3 a.) 



Ansonia penangensis, Stol. J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 152, pi. ix. fig. 4. 



Bufo penangensis, Blgr. Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 287. 



Localities. I have found this species in the hills of Penang, 

 elevation 2000 feet, in March 1898, and in the Larut Hills, Perak, 

 elevation 3000 feet, in April 1898. Dr. Hanitsch (Eep. Eaffles 

 Libr. & Mus. 1898, p. 5) records specimens from Gunang, 

 Kledang, Perak, elevation 2100 feet, caught in March 1898. 



Habits. My Penang specimens I caught after dark hopping on 

 the ground on paths through the hill-jungle ; the Larut specimens 

 I found by daylight crouching on the nearly vertical face of some 

 rocks on the side of a rushing mountain-stream : they were easily 

 caught in the hands. The iris in life is golden. 



made by animals, probably reptiles or batracliians, that we generally consider 

 to be mute. I have not seen it recorded that tbe Lizard Ih'omasiix cegyptius 

 has a voice, but specimens now living in my house here often make a low noise, a 

 sort of guttural cackling, audible 3 or 4 yards off. Testudo marginata at times 

 utters a plaintive cry, very like a sheep bleating ; and Testudo radiata has a low 

 querulous bark ; probably many other instances could be given. — S. S. F,, 

 Ghizeh, Egypt; 13-5-99. 



