102 F. Stoliczka — On Indian BatracJda. [JuiS'E, 



between the snout and eye, three spots on the upper lip, a broadish streak 

 from the eye to the middle of the belly and the cross bars on the limbs 

 blackish brown ; tip of snout, extreme edge of upper lip and the whole of 

 the under side yellowish white. Skin above very finely, below on the bell}'- 

 and hinder side of femora rather coarsely granular. Body 1*7", equal to the 

 distance between anus and the shovel, hind-limb 2*25 inches. 



The uniform coloration recalls P. rufecens, but it has not the rough and 

 granulose body, which that species is said to possess, I think Anderson's 

 P. Kliasianus (Journal A. S. B., xl, p. 23) is the same as the one named 

 P. FritUi by Theobald, in Cat. Eept. A. S. B. Museum, 1868, p. 81, while 

 the type of P. lividus, Blyth, (ibidem, p. 82) is to all appearance a small 

 Cacopus glolidosus, Giinther, but the specimen is in such a bad condition 

 that no absolute reliance can be placed on it, and the name Uvidii'S should, 

 therefore, be cancelled. 



3. Eana CTAitfOPHLTCTis, Schneider. 



I have often observed that adult males do not reach the same size as 

 females, the former growing up to about 2 mches, while the body of the 

 latter often attains 3 inches, but the males have the green colours brighter, 

 and the tubercles on the back more distinct and pointed. The lower side is 

 in males generally pure white, in females often mottled with dark. 



This species is undoubtedly a Western form and must be referred to the 

 Indian fauna with African admixture. It is very common all through Sind, 

 Panjab, the valleys of the Himalayas, (in Kamaon up to about GOOO feet), all 

 through the Central Provinces, South India and Ceylon, and extending 

 eastward into Bengal, but I have not seen any specimens from Barma and 

 the Malay country to the south. 



Young specimens have the groups of vomerine teeth often so indistinct 

 as to become scarcely traceable, and these specimens might from mere de- 

 scription easily be taken for Dicroglossus Adolfi of Giinther, but unfortunate- 

 ly I never met in Sikkim with the latter species. 



4. Eai^a tigrina, Daud. 



Males have in breeding season the thumb and inner part of palm very 

 much swollen. 



I have seen specimens of this frog from all parts of India and Barma, 

 as far west as the Indus and the base of the Himalayas. It belongs to the 

 Indo-Malay fauna, and its geographical distribution is gradually extending 

 to the West, where it is much less common than in Bengal. 



5. Rae^a ltmnochaeis, Boie, ( = jR. gracilis^ Wiegm.) 



This has the same general geographical distribution as tigrina. It 

 no doubt occurs plentifully far inland, but along the Arakanese and Barmese* 



