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The genus Nectophryne is notable for the abnormal distribution of 
its numbers, species being known from the Malayan countries, Mala- 
mW 1 
para oecurring i 
genera of longicorns. Nectophryne is as a rule decidedly rare and it may 
worth while recording that ые other тошини species, N. 
nly known 1 
guentheri, previously о as this fauna 
18 CO was recently found by i£ eon the боа red а small 
stream on the borders of SORS. and Jelebu. 
RANA NIGROVITTATA, BLYTH. 
This species was originally described from Tenasserim by Blyth 
эке pcd Soc. Beng. xxiv. 1855, p. 718), but his description was 
and the species remained кыс ised until it was rediscovered 
in Upper [due by Signor Fea, whose collections were worked out T 
Mr. et ede eee Mus. Civ. Genoa (2) xiii. 1893, p. 334, pl. viii. 
specimens were obtained in January, 1904, fro 
muddy рози ary p» foot of the limestone hills in which the Batu Cow 
are 
RANA NICOBARIENSIS, Srot. 
First discovered in the Nicobar Islands and subsequently in Nias 
and Sumatra. Several young individuals were secured in the same 
zc as the preceding species 
IXALUS, Sr. Nov. 
This frog, which Mr. Boulenger informs me is à new species, w 
noted by Mr. Ridley in the jungle near Batu Tiga. It was sitting оп on 
a gingerwort with the body much flattened and presented an extra- 
ordinary resemblance to a dead and bleached leaf. Its forelegs were 
extended in front of its head and its hind legs ir adpressed to 
the body so that the posterior portion of the bod 5 е. the 
anterior an illusion that is commonly cultiv sod us of 
protection by several TE notably butterflies of iie gm Prti 
and by certain Homoptera 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
BOULENGER, G. À., Р.В.8. 
l. Catalogue of Бе. Batrachia Salientia NN S MA in the 
Collection of the British Museum, Lon 90. 
2. First Report on Additions to the i etidm Collection in the 
Natural History Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 1886, 
рр.. 411 et seq., pl. xxx. 
3. On Reptiles and Batrachians collected b y Mr. Hervey а 
Malacca. Ann. x Mag. Nat. Hist. S xix. рр. 346 e 
seq., pl. x. (188 
4. List of the Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fresh Water Fishes 
: collected b ofessor Moesch and Mr. Iversen in the 
District ur Deli, Sumatra. P.Z.S., 1890, pp. 31 et seq. 
5. Second Report on Additions to the Batrachian Collection in 
the Natural History Museum. P.Z.S., 1890, pp. 323 et 
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