﻿RANA. 
  331 
  

  

  Total 
  length, 
  44 
  mm. 
  ; 
  body, 
  14 
  ; 
  width 
  of 
  body, 
  10 
  ; 
  

   tail, 
  30; 
  depth 
  of 
  tail, 
  10. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Bana 
  latastii 
  was 
  originally 
  discovered 
  

   near 
  Milan, 
  where 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  common, 
  and 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  B. 
  agilis. 
  Its 
  presence 
  has 
  

   since 
  been 
  ascertained 
  in 
  various 
  localities 
  in 
  Pied- 
  

   mont, 
  Lombardy, 
  and 
  Venitia, 
  from 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  

   Turin 
  to 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Ucline, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  

   Florence, 
  but 
  we 
  are 
  at 
  present 
  uncertain 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

   southern 
  limit 
  of 
  its 
  range 
  in 
  the 
  Italian 
  peninsula, 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  confusion 
  that 
  has 
  taken 
  place 
  with 
  

   B. 
  grteca. 
  It 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  Swit- 
  

   zerland, 
  where 
  it 
  will 
  no 
  doubt 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  Tessin, 
  

   being 
  abundant 
  at 
  Varese. 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  Swiss 
  

   frontier. 
  

  

  In 
  North 
  Italy 
  B. 
  latastii 
  is 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  plain, 
  

   being 
  replaced 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  by 
  B. 
  temporaria 
  ; 
  in 
  

   the 
  peninsula 
  it 
  is 
  probably 
  found 
  at 
  no 
  very 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  altitude, 
  its 
  place 
  being 
  taken 
  from 
  2500 
  

   feet 
  and 
  above 
  by 
  its 
  close 
  ally 
  B. 
  grseca, 
  and 
  also 
  by 
  

   B. 
  agilis, 
  which 
  in 
  the 
  Italian 
  peninsula 
  is 
  at 
  home 
  in 
  

   the 
  mountains 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  at 
  sea 
  level. 
  

  

  Male 
  and 
  female 
  from 
  Turin, 
  received 
  from 
  Count 
  

  

  Peracca, 
  are 
  figured 
  on 
  PL 
  XXIII. 
  

  

  