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from beneath the eye to the shoulder, followed by one or two glan- 

 dules. Upper part of the head and back bright vinaceous red, some- 

 times with a few black specks ; sides of head and body and upper 

 part of limbs blackish brown, the latter beautifully marbled with 

 whitish ; flanks with a series of white spots, sometimes confluent ; a 

 white line on the upper lip ; beneath whitish, immaculate or brown- 

 spotted, the spots sometimes covering nearly entirely the throat and 

 breast. 



Malabar; Bombay. 



a. Several spec. : $ , hgr., & yg. Malabar. Col. Beddome [P.]. 



6, c-d. Hgr. Matheran. Dr. Leith [P.]. 



83. Bana galamensis. 



Rana galamensis, Bum. 8f Bibr. p. 367. 



Habit and proportions of B. malaharica. Series of vomerine 

 teeth longer and wider apart ; web between the toes shorter ; sub- 

 articular tubercles less developed ; glandular lateral fold narrower 

 and more prominent ; a single metatarsal tubercle. Brown above ; 

 loreal and temporal regions black ; a white line round the upper 

 lip ; another white, black-edged line along each side of the body ; 

 hinder side of thighs black- and white-marbled ; throat and chest 

 brownish grey. 



Senegal. 



84. Eana curtipes. 



Rana curtipes, Jerdon, Journ. As. Soc. xxii. p. 632. 

 Pachybatraehus robustus, Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 567. 

 Clinotarsus robustus, Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 227. 

 Hylorana curtipes, Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. 1870, p. 83. 



Vomerine teeth scarcely developed, sometimes indistinct, in two 

 slightly oblique series on a level with the hinder edge of the choanffi. 

 Head large ; snout short, rounded, with well-marked canthus ros- 

 tralis ; interorbital space broader than upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 distinct, as large as the eye. Pingers moderate, first extending 

 beyond second ; toes rather short, nearly entirely webbed ; tips of 

 fingers and toes swollen ; subarticular tubercles much developed ; 

 inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval ; a rather large, flat tubercle 

 at the base of the fourth toe. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. A 

 moderately prominent glandular lateral fold ; another behind the 

 tympanum to the shoulder. Grey or brown above, with or without 

 blackish dots ; lateral fold margined with blackish ; a blackish 

 oblique spot below the eye ; light brown beneath, the throat some- 

 times dark brown. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



The recently transformed young have on each side of the back, 



