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coloration also being conspicuously different. Colour ruddy-plumbeous 

 above, below albescent, with a broad blackish band extending from the 

 nostril to the base of the hind-limb, which band has merely a slight palish 

 margin above (representing the broad white stripe of L. erythr^us), but 

 is bordered below by the subdued white of the under-parts, and in some 

 specimens there are a few dark spots which tend to run together into a line, 

 and so to form a second and narrower dark band from the fore to the hind- 

 limb : posterior surface of fore and hind-limbs much marbled and spotted 

 with black ; their anterior surface less so, and the breast would seem in 

 some to be more or less speckled. Length of specimen 2 in., of fore- 

 limb \\ in., and hind limb 3^ in., the foot If in. Another closely affined 

 species occurs inL. macularius, nobis (J. A. S. XXIII, 299), from Ceylon ; 

 and this again is distinct in its markings, has the upper lip more projected 

 beyond the lower, and the tympanum is larger and more approximated to 

 the eye. A fourth species (L. lividus, nobis, ibid.), also from Ceylon, is 

 again very distinct, and much larger than the others, and this is probably 

 gaily coloured when alive. Our specimen has its thighs broken, which 

 may be presumed to indicate that it is eaten, and was thus crippled to 

 prevent its escape ; a cruelty which is practised with other kinds of ' edible 

 frog' by Asiatics. Lastly, Mr. Jerdon describes a small C. philophylla 

 (J. A. S. XXII, 533), as common in the western forests of the Indian 

 peninsula. 



Eana fusca, nobis, n. s. Large Frog, of a prevailing dark olive-grey 

 or mud-colour above, white below j and the eye of the adult situate 

 midway between the tympanum and nostrils : in the young (as in other 

 species) the tympanum is placed nearer the eye : male devoid of vocal 

 sacs. Skin subgranulose above and smooth below. A narrow pale dorsal 

 streak in some specimens only. Upper lip black, as also the ridge com- 

 mencing at the corner of the eye and continued over the tympanum. 

 Some have the upper-parts plain, or with scarcely a trace of variegation : 

 others have a few black spots and marblings ; but the limbs are always 

 more or less distinctly banded, and the posterior surface of the thigh is 

 prettily marbled. Toes chiefly white, with dusky membranes. Margin 

 of the lower jaw dusky, interrupted by a mesial and three or four lateral 

 white spots. Length of adult 5 in., of fore-limb 2^ in., and of hind-limb 

 8 in. : foot 2£ in. The presumed tadpoles are of proportionate size, 

 attaining to 3 in. in length before the anterior limbs make their appear- 

 ance ; and are of a dusky mud-colour, with a large lateral black spot on 

 the body, and series of 3 or 4 smaller black spots along the sides of the 

 tail. This species is common in the Tenasscrim valley, and is eaten by 



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