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Show 22 ON A NEW FROG FROM ASIA MINOR. [Jan. 20, Triangularis sterni.-Extends from upper border of third piece of sternum to lower border of ensiform appendix, and is inserted into second to fifth ribs and upper border of sixth. Coccggeus.- Arhes from spine of ischium and surrounding portion of bone by tendinous fibres. It spreads out in a fan-like manner, and is inserted into transverse processes of 1-6 caudal vertebrae and into fascia behind this. Agitator caudce.-Arises from posterior margin of outer surface ot iliac crest, and from fascia overlying elevator caudae, which attaches it to the last few sacral vertebra-. It is attached to transverse processes of first ten caudal vertebrae. Extensor caudce.-A thick fleshy mass arising as far forwards as first lumbar vertebra. It divides into numerous fleshy bellies which overlie one another, and whose tendons pass to caudal vertebrae at a very variable distance. Depressor caudce.-A thick fleshy mass arising from front of sacrum and brim of pelvis, and from tendon of psoas parvus by a few fibres. 3. Description of a new Species of Frog from Asia Minor. By G. A. BOULENGER, F.Z.S. [Received November 21, 1884.] (Plate III.) A new species of Rana, belonging to the section Ranee temporaries, was discovered at Brusa by Baron von Maltzan, and a male specimen obtained for the Natural-History Museum through Dr. Aug. Midler of Frankfort. Its nearest ally is Rana temporaria {R. fusca terrestris of Bosel), from which it differs in the longer hind limbs, which equal those of R. agilis, the narrower interorbital space, the longer inner metatarsal tubercle, and also in a few points of minor importance. This Frog I propose to name RANA MACROCNEMIS, sp. n. (Plate III.) Head broader than long ; snout short, obtuse; loreal region not very oblique ; nostril equally distant from the eye and the end of the snout; interorbital space flat, half the width of the upper eyelid ; tympanum two thirds the diameter of the eye ; the distance separating the eye from the tympanum equals nearly half the diameter of the latter. First finger longer than second, with strong swelling ( tf ) showing no trace of transverse division. Hind limb very long, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching beyond the tip of the snout; tibia as lon«- as the fore limb ; toes three fourths webbed, with extremely small sub-articular tubercles; inner metatarsal tubercle obtuse, elliptical a |