106 F. Stoliczka — On Indian Batrachia. [June, 



perfectly agrees with Anderson's description, but the male has the thumb 

 much swollen at the base and the vocal sacs largely extended ; it does not 

 appear to attain the same large size as the female. The length of the adult 

 male is : body 1*7 5", slightly less than the distance from the anus to the heel,- 

 hind limb 3 '25 inches, the fourth toe is equal to half the length of the body. 

 This is apparently a very rare species. 



14. Hylaeana pipiens, Jerdon. 



Proc. A. S. B., 1870, p. 83. 



Body rather slender and depressed as in H. monticola, snout obtuse, 

 half as long as the greatest breadth of the head. Nostrils moderate, 

 directed backwards and upwards, half way between the eye and the tip of 

 snout ; tympanum not very distinct, equal to about half the longer diameter 

 of the eye, upper glandular fold well developed, lower slightly interrupted on 

 the humeral region and lost on the side of the belly ; disks on fingers and toes 

 well developed, the former free, the latter almost fully webbed, the web 

 reaching to the tips of the 3rd and 5th, but only to the penultimate, joint of 

 the 4:th toe. Skin smooth. Vomerine teeth very close to each other ; tongue 

 ovate, distinctly lobed behind. 



Ohve brown above, with a few scattered dark spots on the back, 

 limbs above with numerous, dark brown linear cross bands ; sides of 

 head and neck black which colour gradually passes into brownish on the 

 side of the belly ; upper glandular fold whitish, margined black below, upper 

 lip and lower glandular fold silvery white ; edge of upper lip and lower 

 side on chin and throat whitish, tinged and marbled with olive ; belly white, 

 sacral region and lower side of limbs tinged yellow, hinder side of femora 

 indistinctly marbled with olive brown. 



A specimen was obtained by Mr. W. T. Blanford in the Tista valley 

 (Sikkim) at between 4000 and 5000 feet. Length of body 1*3 inches, being 

 somewhat less than the distance from anus to heel, total of hind limb 2"G," 

 being double the length of the body ; 4th toe 0*7'', very little more than 

 half the body. Inner metatarsal tubercle small, outer represented by an 

 indistinct smooth swelling only. 



This species is close to monticola, differing from it by a somewhat less 

 obtuse snout, by the vomerine dental ridges being very close to each other, by 

 its comparatively longer hind limb, and by its brown (instead of grey) 

 coloration, with numerous very narrow dark bands on the limbs. Dr. Jerdon 

 found the species common at Shillong on the Khasi hills, (Comp. 1. cit.). I 

 had opportunity about two years ago to examine his specimens. 



15. POLTPEDATES MACULATUS, (Grray). 



Dr. Anderson could not have observed many live specimens of this frog, 

 when he states (Proc. Z. S., 1871, p. 207), that it is found among long* 



