110 F. Stoliczka — On Indian Batmchia. [Jitke, 



toes posteriorly entirely black, with a yellowish white edge ; belly whitish, 

 sacral region and lower side of hind limbs more or less strongly tinged with 

 red, or reddish yellow. 



The coloration as well as the structure of this frog entirely agree with 

 Diplopelma, the mere greater length of the hind-limbs can scarcely be con- 

 sidered as a generic difference. Cope refers the species to Callida, uniting 

 Diplopelma vnih.' JEngystoina. The habits of the Indian species of JDi^Zo- 

 pelma and Callula somewhat differ, the former is generally as active as a 

 tree-frog, the latter as sluggish as a toad ; in the first there are no os- 

 seous vomerine ridges and the head is particularly small, in the latter the 

 osseous ridges appear to be always developed in the adult. Considering 

 these general characters the two forms are, I think, fairly separable, al- 

 though their close structural affinities cannot be questioned, as I had 

 already pointed out in Journal A. S. B., xxxix. Part II, 1870, p. 155. The 

 greater or lesser swelling of the tips of the toes is a character of no great 

 importance. All the Indian species of Dlplopelma and Callula have the tips 

 of the toes more or less swollen and more or less webbed, but in the American 

 Migystoma the toes are free, and the species of the latter genus also are 

 of a somewhat different appearance and colour. 



20. DiPLOPELMA CAETfATicuM, (Jcrdon). 

 Comp. Journ. A. S. B., xxxix, Pt. II, p. 154. 



This species occurs all through Barma and Bengal, probably extending 

 into the eastern Panjab, and southward through the Central Provinces and 

 Orissa into the Carnatic. The largest specimens (somewhat exceeding one 

 inch in length of body) are from Barma, but in Bengal the usual size attain- 

 ed is only three quarters of an inch. Many specimens are met with which 

 have throughout a strong vinaceous tinge, particularly at the sides of the 

 back, while in others the bottle-shaped mark is somewhat indistinct. They 

 live during the day under stones or old wood, along streams and between low 

 vegetation, and often leap about as perfectly as a tree-frog. Old specimens 

 are, however, less active. 



21. Callula guttulata, (Blyth). 



See Giintlier, Proc. Z. S , 1868, p. 490, pi. 40, fig. 1. 



In a young specimen from Pegu, the brown markings are united to a 

 large irregular patch, extending from between the eyes to the middle of the 

 back, and thus to a certain extent recalling the coloration of C. 'pulclira* 

 The under side is yellowish white, finely mottled with dusky, particularly 

 on the throat, the sides of which are tinged with pink. 



C. guttulata has as yet only been obtained in Pegu, but C. pulchra 

 occurs both in Barma and in Bengal, extending westward to about a line 

 drawn from the Granges at Hardwar to Midnapur. I have seen specimens 



