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Show 416 BATRACHIANS IN THE NATURAL-HISTORY MUSEUM. [June 29, GEOMOLGE, g. n. Tongue large, subcircular, free on the sides. Palatine teeth in two arched, slightly angular series, separated by a narrow interspace. Toes five. Tail cylindrical at the base, compressed at the end. Intermediate between Onychodactylus and Ranidens in the palatine dentition; distinguished, besides, from the former by the absence of claws, from tbe latter by the shape of the tail, which indicates a land animal. GEOMOLGE FISCHERI, sp. n. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 2.) Physiognomy that of Onychodactylus japonicus. Head small, longer than broad, broader than the neck ; snout rounded ; eyes large, prominent; no labial lobes. Body cylindrical, four and a half or five times the length of tbe head. Limbs in every respect similar to those of Onychodactylus japonicus, save the absence of claws; the male likewise with tibio-tarsal dilatation. Tail longer than head and body, cylindrical in its anterior half, becoming gradually compressed and keeled towards the end, which is obtusely pointed. Anal opening subcruciform, as in Onychodactylus. Skin smooth ; fourteen or fifteen costal grooves ; paratoids and gular fold as in Onychodactylus. Brown above, with blackish variegations, most crowded on the sides, which also bear some whitish spots; lower surfaces brownish white. c?. ?• milliin. millim. Total length 163 -' From snout to vent 70 80 Head 12 14 Width of head H 10 Fore limb 17 20 Hind limb 22 22 Tail 93 - * Two specimens from Chaborowska, on the River Ussuri, Manchuria, collected by Hr. Dorries, of Hamburg; they were obtained for the British Museum through Dr. J. G. Fischer, in honour of whom the new species is named. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXIX. Fig. 1. Ixalus asper, upper view. 1 a. , lower view. 2. Geomolge fischeri, $. 2 a. , side view of head. 2 b. , open mouth. 1 Tail injured. |