128 ECATJDATA. 



Family BUFONIM). 



Upper jaw toothless ; sacral processes somewhat expanded at 

 their extremities ; vertebrae procoelous ; no dorsal ribs ; urostyle 

 articulating with the sacrum by two condyles, and without trans- 

 verse processes. Tongue present. 



Genus BUFO, Laurenti 1 . 

 The type genus. No teeth on vomer. 



33ufo mclanoSttctug, Schneider 3 . 

 Hah. India and China. 



Fig. 27. 



(?)Bufo melanostictus. — An imperfect humerus ; from the Pleistocene of 

 Madras. £. (From the ' Palseontologia Indica.') 



R. 1732. Two imperfect humeri, provisionally referred to this 

 species ; from the Pleistocene cave-deposits of the Karnul 

 district, Madras (see 'Palaeontologia Indica/ ser. 10, vol. iv. 

 pt. i.). In their great distal expansion these bones (fig. 27) 

 agree with the humerus of Bufo and differ from Mana. 

 Presented by the Director of the Geological Survey of India. 



Family DISCOGLOSSIMl. 



Upper jaw toothed ; sacral processes expanded terminally ; verte- 

 brae opisthoccelous ; small ribs attached to the transverse processes of 

 the anterior dorsal vertebrae ; urostyle articulating with the sacrum 

 either by one or two condyles, and with a pair of diverging trans- 

 verse processes at its anterior extremity. Tongue present. 



The opisthoccelian character of the vertebrae and the presence of 

 ribs are features in which this family resembles the Caudata. 



1 Synopsis Eeptilium, p. 25 (1768). 



2 Hist. Amphib, p. 216 (1.791-1801), 



