14. CAC0PTT8.-^15. GirPHOGLOSSUS, 175 



a-c' cJ & hgr. Madras. T. 0. Jerdon, Esq. fP.]. 



d. $ , skeleton. Madras. T. 0. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Several spec. : cJiS, Balarangam Hills. Col. Beddome [0.]. 

 hgr-, & yg. 



/■-/j. S & hgr. Plains of India. Col. Beddome [0.]. 



i. 2 • India. 



A. c?. ? Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



2. Cacopus gloliTiIosus. 



Cacopus globulosus, Qiinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 416, pi. 26. f. K ; 



Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 201. 

 Systoma globulosum, Cope, Journ. Ac. FMlad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 194. 



Differs from the preceding in the following points : — Habit 

 stouter, globular ; snout longer (measuring nearly twice the' orbital 

 diameter), with distinct but obtuse canthus rostralis ; interor- 

 bital space three times the width of the upper eyelid ; inner 

 metatarsal tubercle longer than second toe. Brown, uniform or 

 spotted with darker. 



Madras Presidency. 



a, 6. S & yg. Russelconda. Dr. Trail [P.]. (Types.) 



o-(^. 5 &]igr. Kusselconda. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



15. GLYPHOGLOSSUS. 



Glyphoglossus, Oiinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 483. 



Pupil erect. Tongue elongate, notched behind and in front, divi- 

 ded into two lateral halves by a deep groove, extensively free behind, 

 slightly so in front. A papilla in the median line of the hinder 

 part of the palate ; a denticulated cutaneous ridge across the palate, 

 infront of the oesophagus. Tympanum hidden. Fingers free; toes 

 webbed, the tips not dilated. Precoracoids and omosternum absent ; 

 sternum a cartilaginous plate. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra 

 moderately dilated. Terminal phalanges simple. 



India. 



i. Glyphoglossus molossus. 



Glyphoglossus molossus, Oiinth. I. c. pi. 88. f. 1. 



Head very short, crown convex ; mouth very narrow ; canthus 

 rostralis none ; eye very small ; the fleshy part of the lower jaw 

 swollen, truncated in front, forming a semicircular disk. Limbs 

 very short. Pingers short, pointed, first and second equal, fourth 

 very short ; toes short, pointed, entirely webbed ; subarticular 

 tubercles distinct ; two metatarsal tubercles, the inner extremely 

 large, compressed, sharp-edged, the outer small, rounded. Skin 

 smooth. tJniform brownish olive above, sides and limbs finely 

 marbled with brown ; lower parts whitish, immaculate. 



Birmah. 



a. ? (?). Pegu. W. Theobald, Esq. [C.]. (Type.) 



