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spirits, which have shrivelled it up to a certain extent. It 

 is very thin and flat in proportion to its size, and I doubt 

 not that, like species of Hylorana, it is a powerful leaper. 

 In the specific description given, I have tried not to omit 

 a single character which might assist in the identification of 

 this frog. 



The interdigital membrane connecting the first, second, 

 third, and fourth toes, is just perceptible, but I have no 

 doubt that in newly caught specimens it will be found quite 

 distinct. 



I have marked the presence of Parotoids with a query 

 thus (?)— because I am not certain whether the slight 

 enlargements behind the orbits are parotoids or not. 



Writing about Bona Kuhlii, Schl. of Ceylon, W. Theo- 

 bald, junr., Esq., in his catalogue of Reptiles in the Museum 

 of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, makes the following very 

 appropriate remarks, which are equally applicable to all 

 the Indian and Ceylon Batrachians, and the Geckotidae. 



" There are no reptiles in India in such a confused state as the 

 jRanidos, and I can add but little towards disentangling the 

 shadowy species, real enough perhaps, but not as yet characterised. 

 The series in the Museum is a very poor one, and the Ranidce 

 from all parts of India must be assiduously collected, before sound 

 results can be obtained. Let us hope that an urgent appeal for 

 frogs from all parts of India [and Ceylon, W. F.] will be liberally 

 responded to by local naturalists and collectors, without which aid 

 the subject must long remain in its present unsatisfactory state. 

 Each contributor should not send merely the most conspicuous 

 frogs from his neighbourhood, but all the species and varieties he 

 can procure." 



As an illustration of the liability to add to, and per- 

 petuate the confusion connected with some of the frogs and 

 other reptiles, I may refer to a rare Ceylon frog found first 

 on Adam's Peak, several years ago by Dr. Schmarda, 



