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large black irregular spot on the groin, and two yellow ones on the 

 sides ; limbs cross-barred ; chest and belly yellowish, the former 

 with fine brown punctulations. 

 Kakhyen Hills. 



21. Izalus chalazodes. 

 Ixalus chalazodes, G'unth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 474, pi. 67. f. B. 



Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the 

 median line. Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter ; can- 

 thus rostralis indistinct ; loreal region very slightly concave ; 

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

 broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum small, hidden. Pingers 

 free, toes half webbed ; disks moderate ; subarticular tubercles 

 double under the third and fourth fingers ; 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 of upper parts smooth ; a few round tubercles on 

 the flanks, on the hind part of the back, and on the metatarsus ; 

 a slight fold from the eye to the shoulder ; beneath gTanular. 

 Uniform bluish green above, the round tubercles white. 



Travancore. 



a. 5 . Travancore. Col. Beddome [0,]. (Type.) 



22. Ixalus adspersus. (Plate X. fig. 8.) 

 Ixalus adspersus, Gunth. Ann. 8^ Mag. N. H. 1872, ix. p. 87. 



Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter ; canthus rostralis 

 distinct ; loreal region slightly concave ; nostril a little nearer the 

 tip of the snout than the eye ; interorbital space a little broader 

 than the upper eyelid; tympanum small, indistinct. Pingers 

 slightly, toes two-thirds webbed ; disks and subarticular tubercles 

 well developed ; a smaU inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb 

 being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaches the eye. Skin smooth above, granular beneath ; a fold 

 from the eye to the shoulder. Upper parts dark violet-brown, with 

 numerous round, smaller and larger, yellowish spots ; hinder side of 

 thighs marbled with brown ; throat and breast marbled with brown. 

 Male with an internal vocal sac, the openings of which are larger 

 than in the other species of Ixalus. 



Ceylon. 



«. J. C. Ceylon. G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type.) 



23. Ixalus flaviventris. (Plate XI. fig. 1.) 

 Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the 



