82 BANID^. 



along the body, the tibio-tarsal artioulation reaches the tip of the 

 snout, or somewhat beyond. Upper parts smooth or with small 

 tubercles ; a fold above the tympanum ; belly and under surface of 

 thighs granular. Brownish above, with symmetrical dark markings 

 on the back ; sometimes a light vertebral stripe ; limbs cross-barred ; 

 beneath yellowish ; throat sometimes brown-spotted. Male with an 

 . internal vocal sac. 

 Ceylon; (NLngpo?). 



a. Several spec, c? & yg. S. Ceylon. (Types of Polypedates nanus.) 



i-d. (S 2 . Ceylon. W. Ferguson, Esq. [P.]. 



e-i. S 2 ■ Ceylon. G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. [P.]. 



k. 5 (vomerine teeth none). Ceylon. (Type oi Ixalus maoi-opus.) 



I. 2-' Ningpo (?). 



15. Rhacophorus fergusonii. (Plate VIII. fig. 3.) 



Vomerine teeth in two very small groups close to the inner front 

 edge of the choanse. Snout subtriangular ; canthns rostralis distinct; 

 loreal region slightly concave ; nostril nearer the tip of the snout 

 than the eye ; interorbital space a little broader than the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum half the width of the eye. Pingers very slightly, 

 toes nearly entirely webbed ; disks nearly as large as the tympanum ; 

 subarticular tubercles moderate ; a small inner metatarsal tubercle. 

 The hind 'limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio- 

 tarsal articulation reaches between the eye and the tip of the snout. 

 Skin smooth, granular on the beUy and under the thighs ; a fold 

 above the tympanum ; lower surface of forearm and tarsus tuber- 

 cular. Greyish above, indistinctly marbled with darker ; limbs 

 cross-barred ; throat speckled with brown. Prom snout to vent 

 45 millim. 



Ceylon. 



a. $ . Ceylon. "W. Ferguson, Esq. [P.]. 



16. Ehacophorus cavirostris. 



Polypedates cavirostris, Oilnth. Pi-oc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 486, nl. 39. 

 f. 1. > if >t 



Ixalus fimbriatus, GUnth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 1872, iz. p. 87. 



Vomerine teeth in two small groups between the choanEe. Snout 

 rounded ; oanthus rostralis angular ; loreal region deeply concave ; 

 nostril much nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; interorbital 

 space- as broad as, or broader than, the upper eyelid; tympanum 

 nearly half the ' width of the eye. Fingers slightly, toes nearly 

 entirely webbed ; disks about two thirds the diameter of the tympa- 

 num ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; a small inner metatarsal 

 tubercle. The hind_ limb being carried forwards along the body, the 

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between the eye and the tip of the 



