5. LEPTOBBACHITTM. 6. XENOPHETS. 441 



2. LeptobracMum hasseltii. 



LeptobracHum hasseltii, GUnth. Cat. p. 36. 

 LeptobracMum hasseltii, Tschudi, I. e. 



' Head rather large ; snout rounded, as long as the greatest orbital 

 diameter, with distinct canthus rostralis ; nostril a little nearer the 

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

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very indistinct, half the width of 

 the eye. Fingers moderate, first and second equal ; toes very short, 

 webbed at the base ; tips of fingers and toes blunt ; subarticular 

 tubercles indistinct ; a small, suboircular, inner metatarsal tubercle. 

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

 articulation reaches the angle of the mouth. Skin of back distinctly, 

 of belly indistinctly granular. Brownish or olive above, spotted 

 with black ; hind limbs cross-barred with black. Male with a eub- 

 gular vocal sac. 

 E. Indies. 



a-c. Yg. Pegu. W. Theobald, Esq. [C.]. 



d. Hgr. (very bad state). Birmah. W. Theobald, Esq. [0.]. 



e. 5 . East Indies. 



/. <3' . ava. Dr. Bleeker. 



6. XENOPHRYS. 



Xenophrys, Giinth. Mept Brit. Ind. p. 414 ; Cope, Nat. Hist. Reo. 

 1865, p. 107, and Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 80. 



Pupil erect. Tongue suboircular, slightly nicked and free behind. 

 Vomerine teeth in two small groups. Tympanum scarcely distinct. 

 Fingers free ; toes nearly free, the tips not dilated into regular disks. 

 Outer metatarsals united. Omosternum cartilaginous ; sternum 

 with a bony style. Vertebrae procoelian ; sacral vertebra with 

 strongly dilated diapophyses, and one condyle for articulation with 

 coccyx. 



Mountains of India. 



1. Xenophrys monticola. 



Xenophrys monticola, Giinth. Mept. Brit. Ind. p. 414, pi. 26. f. H ; 



Anderson, Pi-oc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 200. 

 gigas, Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. 1870, p. 85. 



Vomerine teeth in two small groups a little behind the choanse. 

 Head much depressed ; snout very short, truncated, with angular 

 canthus rostralis and deeply concave loreal region ; interorbital space 

 broad, slightly concave ; tympanum slightly distinct, vertically oval, 

 about two thirds the width of the eye. First finger not extending 

 beyond second ; toes with a rudiment of web ; tips of fingers and 

 toes slightly swollen ; subarticular and metatarsal tubercles indistinct. 

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



