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Show 1875.] DR. A. GtJNTHER ON INDIAN REPTILES. 577 the base, with broad, truncated disks : the first very short, the second nearly twice as long, the fourth longer than the' second, and the third the longest. A broad metacarpal tubercle. Toes rather short, broadly webbed, with truncated ends. Two small metatarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. Skin of the upper parts tubercular, the largest tubercles being arranged along each side of the back; the upper surface of the head nearly smooth. Brownish grey, sides darker. A white band from below the eye to the axil; another white longitudinal band in the lumbar region. Lower parts whitish, spotted with black. millim. Length of body 35 „ hind limb 48 „ tarsus 8 „ fourth toe 13 Two specimens from Malabar (Lieut.-Col. Beddome). GEGENES (g. n. Cceciliid.). Allied to Epicrium, but with the labial groove advanced to the front margin of the mouth, and very indistinct annular folds of the skin. Eyes not visible. GEGENES CARNOSUS. Epicrium caruosum, Beddome, Madr. Month. Journ. Med. Sc. 1870, p. 176. Head depressed, of moderate width; body slender, cylindrical; tail extremely short, obtuse. Eyes not visible ; mouth narrow, the labial grooves, or rather pores, are on a level with the front teeth, the nostrils close to the extremity of the snout. Upper jaw projecting beyond the lower. The skin of the body forms about 116 folds between the head and end of the tail; they are all indistinct, and quite obsolete on the back, onlv the hindmost being perfectly annular. Colour uniform brownish olive. Two specimens, 7 inches long, were obtained by Lieut.-Col. Bed-dome from Periah Peak, Wynaad, at an altitude of about 5000 feet. EXPLANATION OF PLATES LXIII.-LXVI. PLATE LXIII. Fig. A. Ansonia ornata, p. 568. Fig. 0. Ixalus diplostictus, p. 574. B. Polypedates beddomii, p. 571. PLATE LXIV. Fig. A. Bufo hololius, p. 569. I Fig. C. Pedostibes tuberculosa, p. 576. B. Callula olivacea, p. 576. PLATE LXV. Fig. A. Polypedates chloronotus, p. 569. | Fig.B. Polypedates formosus, p. 570. PLATE LXVI. Fig. A. Ixalus montanus, p. 574. B. chalazodes, p. 574. Fig. C. Ixalus stictomerus, p. 575. 37* |