PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



GENERAL MEETINGS FOR SCIENTIFIC BUSINESS 



OV THE 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 



PAPERS. 



1. Skull of Rana tigrina * Daud. By B. L. Bhatia, M.Sc, 

 and Baini Prashad, M.Sc. (Assistant Professors of 

 Zoology, Government College, Lahore)f. 



[Received August 8, 1917 : Read February 5, 1918.] 

 (Text-figures 1-9.) 



Index. PajfM 

 Structure 1-8 



In a recent paper Nicholls (2) pointed out that Rana tigrina 

 Daud., which is generally used as a laboratory type throughout 

 India, differs markedly in several skeletal and other characters 

 from the common European forms (R. temporaria and R. escu- 

 fanta), of which a detailed description is generally given in the 

 ordinary English text-books. Nicholls had previously (1) pub- 

 lished a Note on the urostyle of R. tigrina and several other 

 anurous Amphibia, and in the first-mentioned paper he deals 

 with the vertebral column, the shoulder-girdle and sternum, 

 and the tenth spinal nerve ; the skull of R. tigrina, which pre- 

 sents no less marked differences, however, has not received 

 consideration. 



As far back as 1881, Parker (4), whilst working out the mor- 

 phology of the batrachian skull, published short descriptions of 



* [Dr. G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., informs me that the Lahore Frog has been 

 identified by him as belonging to the typical form. — -Ed. P. Z. S.J 

 f Communicated by Lieut.-Colonel j. Stephenson, D.Sc, I.M.S., F.Z.S. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1918, No. I. 1 



