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Show 574 DR. A. GUNTHER ON INDIAN REPTILES. [Nov. 16, nied which of the two names ought to be applied, or whether they are synonyms. IXALUS MONTANUS, sp. n. (Plate LXVI. fig. A.) Snout short, as long as the eye, obtusely rounded in front, with distinct canthus rostralis. Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the median line. Tympanum hidden below the skin. Skin nearly smooth, only in adult examples with some indistinct tubercles. The length of the body is more than the distance between vent and heel. No fold along the tarsus ; metatarsus with a small, indistinct tubercle ; fingers quite free ; toes with a very short web ; disks of moderate size. Old examples are nearly entirely of a dark purplish brown above, with scarcely any markings, the posterior side of the femur being marbled with black. Other specimens are of a lighter colour, with more or less symmetrical brown markings, the forehead being light-coloured. Abdomen sometimes uniform whitish, sometimes more or less reticulated with black. Lieut.-Col. Beddome obtained this species on the Kudra Mukh, at an elevation of 6000 feet. One of the largest specimens is 38 millims. long, the length of the hind limb being 55 millims. IXALUS DIPLOSTICTUS, sp. n. (Plate LXIII. fig. C.) Snout of moderate length, rather pointed, with distinct canthus rostralis. Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the median line. Tympanum distinct, not quite half the size of the eye. Skin of the back with some longitudinal folds. The length of the body equals the distance between vent and heel. A cutaneous fold along the tarsus, commencing from the single metatarsal tubercle; fingers quite free; toes slender, with a very short web. Disks small. Pinkish olive-coloured, with a black line along the canthus rostralis, broader behind the eye, and continued over the tympanum. Symmetrical black spots on the sides--one in front of the axil, another on the middle of the side of the trunk, a third above the loin ; one or the other of these spots may be absent. Legs with dark cross bars ; anal region and soles of the feet black. Abdomen light-coloured ; throat sometimes mottled with brown. Several specimens were collected by Lieut.-Col. Beddome in Malabar. One of the largest is 27 millims. long, the length of the hind limb being 46 millims. IXALUS CHALAZODES, sp. n. (Plate LXVI. fig. B.) Snout short, as long as the eye, obtusely rounded in front, with indistinct canthus rostralis. Tongue with a free, pointed papilla in the anterior part of the median line. Tympanum "covered by the skin. Skin smooth ; but in the inguinal region there are several series of white, smooth tubercles; several smaller similar tubercles in the anal region and along the tarsus ; the length of the body is equal to the distance between vent and heel; no fold along the tarsus ; metatarsus with a small indistinct tubercle; fingers quite free ; toes half- |