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Show 578 ON A N E W TREE-FROG FROM COREA. [Nov. 15, Cameroons, and I have much pleasure in connecting with its specific title the name of that distinguished traveller. Hab. Cameroon District, West Africa (Rio del Rey). The following table exhibits the measurements, in millimetres, of adult male specimens (preserved in alcohol) of the three above described species ; in the first column are those of Myosorex varius, in the second M. morio, and in the third M. johnstoni. Tip of nose to vent Vent to tip of tail Eye to tip of nostril Elbow to end of middle digit (without claw) Manus (without claw) Pes (without claw) Skull, occipital crest to front edge of premaxilla Skull, foramen magnum to front edge of premaxilla. Greatest width of the skull Length of upper tooth-row Distance between tips of principal cusps of first upper incisor and last premolar Length of mandible from condyle to tip of first tooth 1. 76 41 12* 21 9 134 19 19 11 9* 4\ IH 2. 64 55 12 18* 8 134 16£ 16-* H 8 4* 13 3. 39 25 9 IU 5 9 13 12 7 6* 3i n A synopsis of the species may be given as follows, from the descriptions above:- A. Mandibular teeth 7-7. a. Penultimate upper premolar minute, internal; elbow to end of middle digit 21 m m 1. M. varius. B. Mandibular teeth 6-6. b. Penultimate upper premolar not minute, standing in the tooth-row. b'. Elbow to end of middle digit 18£ m m 2. 31. morio. c'. Elbow to end of middle digit 11 £ m m 3 M. johnstoni. 5. On a new Species of Hyla from Port Hamilton, Corea, based on an example living in the Society's Gardens. By G. A. BOULENGER, F.Z.S. [Eeceived July 2, 1887.] (Plate LI.) Two Tree-Frogs of the genus Hyla, obtained by Mr. George Stephen, of H.M.S. «Champion,' at Port Hamilton, a small island between the Corean Peninsula and Japan, have been presented by him to the Society. They prove of great interest, as one belongs to a little-known race of Hyla arborea, viz. the var. japonica (Plate LI. fig. 2 ) ; and the other to a new species, which I propose to call, in honour of its discoverer. |