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Show • ] BATRACHIANS FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. 211 body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the hinder border of the eye. Upper surfaces entirely covered with porous warts, forming a small paratoid-like ridge above the temple; belly and lower surface of thighs feebly granulate. Uniform purplish brown above, yellowish inferiorly. From snout to vent 145 millim. Treasury Island. RANA GUPPYI, sp. n. Near Bana grunniens. ^ Vomerine teeth in two short straight transverse series behind the choanae. Head large, subtriangular; canthus rostralis distinct; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, two fifths the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, with slightly dilated tips, first extending beyond second; toes nearly entirely webbed, the tips dilated into small disks; subarticular tubercles large; two metatarsal tubercles, inner elliptic, blunt, outer rather indistinct. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Upper surfaces minutely warty ; a strong fold above the tympanum. Dark olive above, dirty white inferiorly. From snout to vent 165 millim. Shortland Islands. RANA OPISTHODON, sp. n. Near Bana grunniens. Vomerine teeth in two transverse oblique series between and behind the choanae. Head large; snout rounded, with distinct canthus rostralis; interorbital space as broad as or a little narrower than the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, two fifths to half the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, with slightly dilated tips, first extending beyond second; toes three fourths webbed, the tips dilated into small disks; subarticular tubercles large; inner metatarsal tubercle elliptic, blunt; no outer tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. Upper surfaces nearly smooth or with rather large warts, which are rounded on the upper eyelids, pelvic region, and limbs, elongate on the back; a strong fold above the tympanum. Dark brown above, with more or less indistinct darker markings; hinder side of thighs light-dotted ; lower surfaces whitish. From snout to vent 125 millim. Faro Island and Treasury Island. CORNUFER GUPPYI, Sp. n. Vomerine teeth in two short transverse series behind the level of the choanae. Habit of Bhacophorus maculatus. Head large, much depressed, with well-marked canthus rostralis; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum three fifths the diameter of the eye. First finger shorter than second; disks of fingers very |