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Giinther does not state all the details of coloration which I have 

 given, his specimens in spirit did probably not shew them suffi- 

 ciently clearly, but in the principal points, the coloration of the 

 fresh Moulmein specimen well agrees with his account, and so does 

 also the general structure of the body. 



IXALTJS CINERASCENS, n. Sp. 



Body, small, stoutish, moderately depressed, above with a few 

 scattered tubercles, below on chin and throat smooth, on the belly, 

 and the lower side of the femora, very densely and coarsely tuber - 

 culated, the tubercles being flattened and more or less distinctly poly- 

 hedral. Snout, short, obtuse, shorter than eye, but equal to the length 

 of the exposed pupil, or to the distance between the eyes which are 

 very prominent ; nostrils rounded, very slightly swollen and some- 

 what laterally placed below the indistinct canthus rostralis ; tympan- 

 um quite indistinct ; a fold runs from the upper eyelid posteriorly to 

 the shoulder. Length of body J-£ of an inch, slightly shorter than 

 the femur and tibia together ; total length of hind limb 1 * v 

 inches, length of fourth toe not quite T 5 F inch. Fingers, quite free, 

 elongated with well developed swollen discs, which are only slightly 

 smaller than those on the toes, the latter being barely half webbed ; 

 metatarsus with a small inner tubercle and a very indistinct 

 one at the base of the fourth toe ; no fold on the tarsus. Tongue 

 broadly oval, distinctly notched behind ; eustachian openings small 

 and very wide apart. 



Color — above, olive ashy, very minutely freckled with dark, 

 paling at the sides ; a broadish somewhat indistinct band between 

 the eyes, one irregular band on each side of the back — in one speci- 

 men represented by a mere elongated spot, three bands across 

 the lower arm and a few spots on the fingers, three cross-bands 

 across each femur and tibia, the middle band being in each case 

 broadest and most distinct ; a spot on the knee, a few small spots 

 on the tarsi and toes, and a large spot round the anus are dark 

 ashy, often encircled with a more conspicuous enlarged black line ; 

 shoulder fold, a few small spots on the lips, one spot on the 

 side of the posterior belly, followed, and partially encircled, by 

 a silvery yellow tinge, the inner basal half of the femora and, 



