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Show 1897.] REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS OF CELEBES. 235 with scattered small yellow spots ; limbs with more or less distinct dark cross-bands ; flanks white, or purple with large white spots ; lower parts white. Male without vocal sacs. From snout to vent 48 millim. Nine specimens: Loka (Bonthain Peak), 3500 feet, and north slope of Bonthaiu Peak, 2600 feet. Indrulaman, S. Celebes, 2000 feet (Everett). Rhacophorus pardalis, Gthr., is recorded from Minahassa by Dr. Meyer, probably through confusion with R. edentulus. 16. SPHENOPHYRNE CELEBENSIS, F. Mull. (Plate XVI. fig. 4.) Sphenophryne celebensis, F. Mull. Verh. nat. Ges. Basel, x. 1894, p. 841, fig. Tongue large, oval, entire. Snout short, rounded, with feebly marked canthus ; interorbital space as broad as or a little broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum scarcely distinct, about one-third the diameter of the eye. Tips of fingers dilated into very large disks ; first finger shorter than second ; toes short, free, the disks much smaller than those of the fingers ; no subarticular or metatarsal tubercles. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the eye or a little beyond. Skin smooth above, or with scattered small flat warts; a small tubercle sometimes present on the upper eyelid ; belly granulate. Coloration very variable. Yellowish, reddish, pink, or brown above, uniform or with darker spots or marblings ; a triangular dark marking between the eyes, or an X-shaped or hourglass-shaped marking from between the eyes to the interscapular region; upper surface of snout sometimes pink; a dark canthal streak; a light vertebral line sometimes present; greyish or brownish beneath, uniform or mottled with dark brown. Male without vocal sacs. From snout to vent 30 millim. Numerous specimens : Bone Mts., 4000 feet, Masarang Volcano, Emponglar Volcano, Matinang Mts., 850 feet, Luhu, 300-1600 feet, north slope of Takalekadjo. Several specimens were collected at Indrulaman, S. Celebes, by Mr. Everett. 17. SPHENOPHRINE VARIABILIS, Blgr. (Plate XVI. fig. 5.) Sphenophryne variabilis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N . H . (6) xviii. 1896, p. 64. Tongue large, oval, entire. Snout short, rounded, with feebly marked canthus ; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum feebly distinct, two-thirds or three-fourths the diameter of the eye. Tips of fingers dilated into very large disks ; first finger shorter than second; toes short, iree, the disks much smaller than those of the fingers ; no subarticular or metatarsal tubercles. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the shoulder or the tympanum. Skin smooth above; belly granulate. Coloration very variable. Grey, brown, purple, pink, or crimson above, uniform or with darker marblings, or with a lighter yellow or pink lateral streak ; a light vertebral line sometimes present; sides of |