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the natives : accordingly, some of the specimens under examination have 

 the thighs, and others the legs, broken. The presumed tadpoles are 

 from Pegu. 



H. altilabris, nobis, n. s. A much smaller species than the preceding, 

 ■with the hind-limbs proportionally shorter : the eyes small and elevated ; 

 and the vertical breadth from the eye to the mouth about double the 

 usual proportion. A line drawn from the nostril to the middle of tympa- 

 num would pass under and not bisect the eye. Colour livid-dusky above, 

 white below, freckled with black specks on the throat and sides, and on 

 the anterior margins of the limbs : lips banded with dusky ; and the limbs 

 very obscurely banded. Length of specimen 2f in. ; of fore-limb \\ in.; 

 and of hind-limb 3| in. : foot \\ in. ; and distance from eye to margin of 

 lip \ in. Inhabits Pegu.* 



Engystoma (?) Berdmoeei, nobis, n. s. This is not a true Engystoma ; 

 but we have no means of referring it to its proper genus. The fore-limbs 

 are small and slender, — the hind enormously developed, with fully webbed 

 toes : head small, and no external tympanic membrane. Length \\ in., 

 of fore-limb || in., and of hind-limb 2f in. ; the foot \\ in. Colour dusky 

 above and on the throat ; rest of lower-parts reddish- white ; some black 

 spots on the sides, and interrupted bands on the limbs. In young indivi- 

 duals, a dusky bottle -like mark appears on the upper-parts, with the neck 

 of the bottle, extending from between the eyes to between the houlders : in 

 adults this becomes inconspicuous, but is distinctly traceable. Apparently 

 a common species in Pegu. 



Engystoma interlineatum, nobis, J. A. S. XXIII, 732. The varia- 

 tion of colour in this species is extraordinary. In a female with ova, 

 If in. long, with hind-limb 1^ in., the markings are as formerly described* 

 only they have become much less distinct, while a great pale-edged black 

 spot has become intensely developed, adjoining the base of each thigh 

 above : in the former specimen, these black spots may be seen in process 

 of development, at the ends of the two streaks which diverge from between 

 the shoulders. In a male, the entire upper-parts are pale and have a 

 rosy tinge, with the same black spots conspicuously developed, while the 

 remains of the longitudinal striae are barely traceable. All are probably 

 very beautifully coloured when alive. 



4. F. Skipwith, Esq. C. S. A small collection of sundries, from Cherra 

 Punji in the Khusya hills ; and some good land-shells from Sylhet. 

 Among the Cherra specimens are three species of Mice in spirit, all of 



* R. robusta, nobis, J. A. S. XXIII, 298, is (we are now satisfied) a phase of 

 R. cutipoka, D. and B. 



