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Show 1894.] BATRACHIAN COLLECTION IN TnE BRITISH MUSEUM. 645 the eye; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum two thirds the diameter of the eye. Fingers fully half webbed ; toes nearly entirely webbed; disks well developed ; a small, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between the eye and the tip of the snout. Skin shagreen above, granular beneath. Dark purple above, sides with white dots ; no white line along the upper lip ; indistinct dark cross-bands on the head and limbs; whitish beneath, with small brown spots. From snout to vent 65 millim. Two female specimens from the mouths of the Niger. Presented by Mr. Alvan Millson. NECTOPHRYNE SIGN AT A. (Plate XL. fig. 1.) Habit slender. Snout prominent, obliquely truncate; loreal region vertical; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, two thirds the diameter of the eye. Fore limb very slender, as long as the distance between the vent and the eye. Fingers moderate, webbed at the base, dilated and truncate at the end ; first finger very short, half as long as second; toes three-fourths webbed, the disks smaller than those of the fingers ; two small metatarsal tubercles. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Above with small scattered warts of unequal size; belly granular. Olive above, with black spots surrounding an X~shaped light marking on the back ; limbs yellowish, barred with black ; whitish beneath, spotted with black. From snout to vent 15 millim. Two specimens from Robong Mt., Kapuas district, Dutch Borneo. Collected by Mr. A. Everett. HYLA GOELDII. (Plate XL. fig. 2.) Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked behind, slightly free behind aud on the sides. Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups close together just behind the level of the choanae. Head as long as broad; snout rounded, as long as the diameter of the orbit; canthus rostralis angular; loreal region concave; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, half the diameter of the eye. Fingers free ; no distinct rudiment of pollex; toes one-third webbed; disks nearly as large as the tympanum ; no tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. Skin smooth above, granular beneath, the granules strongest on the belly. Olive or brown above, with a few large, darker, light-edged spots, the anterior extending to between the eyes ; a dark canthal streak and a dark, light-edged temporal band; limbs with dark cross-bars ; lower parts dirty white or pale brown. Male with an internal vocal sac. From snout to vent: 3 26 millim., $ 40 millim. _ Two specimens, male and female, from Colonia Alpina, Theresopolis, Brazil. Presented by Dr. E. A. Goldi, who will shortly publish some highly interesting notes on the breeding-habits of this frog. |