5, SPHENOPHEYNE. — 6. CALOPHEYNITS. 157 



1. lEelanobatrachus indicus. 



Melanobatrachus indicus, Beddome, I. c. 



Snout short, blunt, with rather indistinct cauthus rostralis; 

 interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid. Fingers short, 

 depressed, first much shorter than second ; toes rather short, de- 

 pressed, one-third webbed; subarticular and metatarsal tubercles 

 very indistinct. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 

 body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches in front of the eye. 

 Upper surfaces tubercular; sides and lower surfaces smooth. 

 Black; tubercles of back greyish; belly dotted with greyish; a 

 large whitish (scarlet) spot on the lower surface of the thigh. Male 

 with a subgular vocal sac. 



S.W. India. 



a. d- Anamallays, 4000 ft. Col. Beddome [P.]. (One 



of the types.) 



b. d- N. Travancore. Col. Beddome [P.]. 

 c-^. d , ? , & hgr. S.W. India, 3000- Col. Beddome [C 



4500 ft. 



5. SPHENOPHRYNE. 



Sphenophryne, Peteis Sr Doria, Ann, Mus. Genov. xiii. p. 430. 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue heart-shaped, free behind. Vomerine 

 teeth none. Tympanum distinct. Fingers and toes free, the tips 

 dilated into distinct disks. Outer metatarsals united. Coracoids 

 dilated, precoraooid weak ; no omostemum ; sternum a cartilaginous 

 plate. Sacral diapophyses dilated. 



New Guinea. 



1. Sphenophryne cornuta. 

 Sphenophryne cornuta, Peters Sf Doria, I. o. pi. 7. f. 4. 



Physiognomy of ffyla aurantiaca. Snout pointed, with distinct 

 canthus rostralis ; loreal region nearly vertical ; tympanum one 

 third the diameter of the eye. First finger much shorter than 

 second ; tips of fingers large, of toes rather smaller ; no prominent 

 metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb being carried forwards along 

 the body, the tibio-tarsEil articulation reaches between the eye and 

 the tip of the snout. Skin smooth above, beneath with small scat- 

 tered tubercles; a small spiniform tubercle on the upper eyelid. 

 Brown above, blackish spotted and marbled ; an irregular blackish 

 line from the chin to the ventral region. 



N. Guinea. 



6. CALOPHRYNUS. 



Calophrynus, Tsclmdi, Batr. p. 86 ; Gunth. Cat, p. 54 ; Cope, Journ, 



Ac. Philad, (2) vi. 1867, p. 195. 

 Berdmorea, Stoliczka, Proc.,As, Soe. 1872, p. 146. 



