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Show 1887.] THE FAUNA OF COREA. 595 larger, but is unfortunately merely a dried skin. Mr. Cuming collected this species at Ningpo ; it is therefore not surprising that it should be found in Corea and in Manchuria. 3. CALLOPELTIS CONSPICILLATUS (Boie). Coluber conspicillatus, Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 210 (Japan); Schleg. Faun. Jap., Rept. p. 85, pl. 3 (1838); Giinth. Cat. Colub. Snakes B.M. p. 91 (1858). Elaphis conspicillatus, Dum. et Bibr. Erpetologie, vii. part 1, p. 285 (1854). ? Coluber mandarinus, Cantor, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842, p. 483 (Chusan). ff. Juv. Avahuna river, Olga Bay, September 1879. Fine specimen, evidently young, preserved in spirit. It agrees perfectly with Schlegel's description, so does C. mandarinus, Cantor, from Chusan, which I strongly suspect to be the same species. The resemblance of C. conspicillatus to C. leopardinus is very evident. AMPHIBIA. 1. RANA ESCULENTA, Linn., var. JAPONICA, Boulg. Rana esculenta, Schleg. Faun. Jap., Rept. p. 109, pl. 3. fig. 1 (1838). Rana esculenta, var. japonica, Boulenger, Cat. Batrachia Salientia B.M., 2nd edit. p. 40(1882). «, b. 2- Fusan, August 7th, 1880. Both are full-grown, but one is larger; in both the large shovel-shaped inner metatarsal tubercle is quite distinct, but is especially conspicuous in the smaller specimen. The interrupted narrow glandular folds along the back are also very distinct. As batrachian matters go at present, I do not see why this Eastern Asiatic form should not be considered specifically different from our common Frog. PISCES. 1. SEBASTES INERMIS, CUV. & Val. Sebastes inermis, Schleg. Faun. Jap., Poissons, p. 47, pl. 21. figs. 3, 4 (1880). a, b. Gensan, August 18th, 1880. Two young specimens in alcohol, but badly preserved. 2. CLUPEA ZUNASI (Bleeker). Clupea kowal, Schleg. Faun. Jap., Poiss. p. 235, pl. 107. fig. 1 (1850, nee Riipp.). Harengula zunasi, Bleek. Verh. Bat. Genootsch. xxvi. p. 117 (Japan). a. Gensan, August 18th, 1880. A small specimen in spirit in a had condition. |