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Show 1892.] FROGS IN THE INDIAN MUSEUM. 341 ICHTHYOSOMA CASSIOPE. Primaries very pale fawn-colour, crossed by four narrow, double, zigzag lines of a darker shade-one at the base, one through the end of the cell, the third beyond the cell, and the fourth marginal, the latter shaded inwardly with smoky brown ; on the middle of the inner margin a reddish-brown spot. Secondaries white, the inner margin covered with long reddish-brown scales. Underneath white, slightly reddish on the costal margins. Thorax and abdomen above pale reddish brown ; underneath white. Expanse 49 m m . Hab. Rio Janeiro. MARTHULA NORA. Primaries above brown, broadly lilacine on the inner margin, and some reddish-brown shades along the costal margin and about the middle of the outer margin ; the basal, median, outer, and sub-marginal lines pale, the first three absorbed by the ground-colour on the costal margin, where crossing the reddish-brown shades. Underneath brownish, with a broad whitish marginal shade. Secondaries above white, with the veins and outer margin shaded with brown. Underneath white. Head reddish brown. Collar and abdomen brown. Thorax lilacine. Expanse 34 m m . Hab. Corcovado, Rio Janeiro. MARTHULA PLEIONE. Primaries above brown, the inner margin broadly grey ; the basal, median, and outer lines only visible on the inner margin; the sub-marginal line distinct throughout; a marginal row of black points ; on the costa near the base a small yellowish-white patch, and a much larger one about the middle of the costa, these are both crossed by irregular reddish-brown lines. Underneath brown. Secondaries above brown, slightly hyaline towards the base. Underneath yellowish white. Body greyish brown. Expanse 36 m m . Hab. Corcovado, Rio Janeiro. 4. O n some Specimens of Frogs in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, with Descriptions of several n e w Species. By W. L. SCLATER, M.A., F.Z.S. [Eeceived May 2, 1892.] (Plate XXIV.) Before leaving Calcutta at the end of last year I had been engaged in examining the collection of Batrachians contained in the Indian Museum. The collection comprises examples of 180 species, of which 103 |