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AMPHIBIA. 

 Batrachia. 



1. Rana gracilis, Wiegm., (typical) — Sundarbans, Arracan, 



Rangoon, Moulmein, Penang, Wellesley Province, &c. 

 Ditto ditto var. AndamanensiS, — Andamans. 

 Ditto ditto var. NicobariensiS, — Nicobars. 

 Ditto ditto var. pulla, — Penang hill. 



2. Rana cyanopldictis, S c h n e i d. — Orissa. 



3. Pyxicephalus breviceps, S c h n e i d. — from near Kotegnrh. 



*4. Polypedates Hascheanus, n. sp. 



A small species from the forests of Penang hill ; — distance 

 between anus and heel slightly less than the length of the body ; 

 brown, lighter or darker, a blackish band between the eyes, a W 

 mark between the shoulders, a pair of blackish spots about the 

 middle of the body, limbs with dark cross bands ; body of largest 

 specimen if inch long. 



5. Plyp. maculatiis, Gra y, — Penang. 



* 6. Ilyhrana Tytlcri, Theob. (??= erythroea, Schleg.) — Moul- 

 mein. 



* 7. Hylorana NiCObariensiS, n. sp., from the Nicobars. 

 Allied to H. temporalis of G- ii n t h e r, but has two small glandular 

 tubercles behind the angle of the mouth ; distance between anus 

 and heel less than the length of the body, 4th toe less than its half. 



AnSOnia, n. gen. (Rhinodermatida.) 



Body slender, limbs long and slender, fingers free, toes half- 

 webbed, disks scarcely swollen ; muzzle short, canthus rostralis 

 sharp ; no teeth ; tongue entire, oval, elongated. 



* 8. — A. PenangensiS, found on rocks in streams on Penang 

 hill. Full grown specimen -ff inch, hind limb 1 T \ inches ; body 

 tubercular, black with pale yellowish white spots on the side and 

 purplish red below, between the limbs and on the lower belly. 



* 9. Diplopelma Carnaticum, J e r d o n. 



10. Caloula pulchra, Gray, from Moulmein. 



11. Bufo vtridis, L a u r., from the Sutlej valley. 



12. Bufo melanosticus, S c h n e i d., from Bengal, Burma, Malay- 

 Peninsula, Andamans and Nicobars. 



