122 ECAT7DATA. 



Oxyglossus pusillus (Owen *). 



Syn. Rana ptisilla, Owen 2 . 



Oxyglossus pusillus, Stoliczka 3 . 



Head large, triangular, about one third broader than long behind. 

 Radius and ulna relatively long, and calcaneum and astragalus 

 comparatively short. 



The association of a great number of specimens in the inter- 

 trappean clays of Bombay renders it probable that this species does 

 not belong to Ixalus (in which vomerine teeth are also wanting), 

 since the members of that genus are of arboreal habits. 

 • Hab. India (Bombay). 



35107. Slab of rock showing several more or less nearly perfect 



skeletons ; from the intertrappean Eocene beds of Bombay. 



Similar to the specimens figured by Stoliczka, op. cit. pi. ix. 



Presented by the Rev. Stephen Hislop, 1861. 



39485. Three fragments of rock showing imperfectly preserved 

 skeletons ; from Bombay. 



Presented by A. B. Wynne, Esq., 1864. 



Genus RANA, Linn. 4 



Teeth on the vomer ; tympanum distinct or hidden. Omosternum 

 and sternum with a bony style. Terminal phalangeals acute, trans- 

 versely dilated or T-shaped ; digits of manus free, those of pes 

 webbed. Vertebral centra elongated. Metacarpals short and stout. 

 In the type species and allied forms the length of the humerus is 

 somewhat more than half that of the femur, but in the ' Bull- frogs' 

 ihe humerus is relatively longer. 



Eor synonymy see Boulenger, 'Catalogue of Batrachia Salientia,' 

 pp. 6, 7 (1882). 



Rana meriani, Meyer 5 . 



Apparently allied to E. temporaria, but with the head somewhat 

 larger and more pointed, the transverse processes of the 2nd vertebra 

 directed more anteriorly, and the digits shorter. 



Hah. Europe (Germany). 



1 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. iii. p. 224 (1847).— Rana. 2 Loc. cit. 



3 Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind. vol. vi. p. 387 (1869). 



4 Syst. Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 354 (1766). 

 6 Neues Jahrb. 1853, p. 163. 



