1887.] BATRACHIANS FROM THE LOO CHOO ISLANDS. 149 



longitudinal bands on the hinder half of the body ; upper lip, ventrals, 

 and subcaudals uniform yellowish. 



Several specimens, the largest measuring TJ centim. 



7. Tropidonotus pryeri, sp. n. (Plate XVIII. fig. 3.) 

 Dentition syncranterian. Form slender, as in T. saurita. Tail 



one third of the total length. Head and eye moderate. Scales 

 in 19 rows, all strongly keeled. Ventrals 17C-180 ; subcaudals 

 121-128. Internasals truncated in front, more than half as large 

 as the prsefrontals ; one pise- and three postoculars ; loreal a little 

 broader than deep ; normally eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 

 entering the orbit ; usually two temporals in the first row. Anterior 

 part of body with large alternating black elongate spots, separated 

 by a narrow zone of pale olive on the vertebral line, by broader 

 yellowish vertical bars on the sides. Head dark olive, above spotted 

 or marbled with black ; lip yellowish, the sutures between the 

 anterior upper labials black ; an oblique black streak across the 

 (normally) seventh upper labial ; a yellow spot, surrounded with 

 black at the extremity of the jaws. Hinder part of body with a 

 series of black dorsal spots and a lateral series of light spots. Lower 

 parts yellowish, the hinder part of the body with a series of black 

 streaks along each side of the ventrals, becoming confluent into a 

 lateral black line on the subcaudals. 



Four specimens, the largest measuring 93 centim. The stomach 

 of one contained a Rana gracilis. 



8. Platurus fasciatus, Baud. 



9. BoTHROPs FLAvoviRiBis, Hallow. I. c. p. 492. 



Upper and lower head-scales smooth ; upper very small, seven or 

 eight in a transverse series between the supraoculars, wliich are 

 large ; nasal divided ; eight upper labials, third and fourth largest, 

 second bordering the loreal pit. Scales small, 35 across the middle 

 of the body ; laterals smooth, the others feebly keeled. Ventrals 

 230; anal entire; subcaudals, 75 pairs. Yellowish green above, 

 with symmetrical blackish markings ; lower parts pale yellow, with 

 pale olive spots confluent into two bauds on the anterior part of the 

 belly. 



A single specimen, 525 millim. long. 



BATRACHIA. 



ECAUDATA. 



1. Eana GRACILIS, Wiegm. 



2. Rhacophgrus viridis. Hallow. 

 Pohjpedates viridis. Hallow. I. c. p. 500. 

 1 Hyla cyanea. Hallow. /. c. p. 494. 



Closely allied to R. schlegeli, Gthr., from which it differs in the 

 longer hind limb, the tibia measuring half the length of head and 

 body ; when the limb is stretched forwards, the tibio-tarsal articulation 



