Vol. XIV, pp. 189-191 December 12, 1901 PROCEEDINGS OF THB BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DIAGNOSES OF EIGHT NEW BATRACHIANS AND REPTILES FROM THE RIU KIU ARCHI-PELAGO, JAPAN. BY LEOXHARI) STE.TNEGER. BATRACHIA SALIENTIA. Microhyla okinavensis new species. BiagnoHiH. — Toes not dilated at tip, distinctly webbed at base; meta-tarsal tubercles rather large. Otherwise like Microliyla finsipeti. Habitat. — Okinawa Shima, Riu Kiu Archipelago. Type. — Science College Museum, Tokyo. No. 2.5a. Rana narina new species. Diagnosis, — No glandular dorso-lateral I'old; tips of toes dilated into very small discs much smaller than tympanum which is perfectly dis-tinct; no free papilla on middle of tongue; toes more than half web-bed; vomerine teeth in two nearly straight series between the choanal"; belly smooth; inner metatarsal tubercle narrow, very slightly promi-nent, less than one half the length of inner toe; no outer tubercle; tibio-tarsal joint extends considerably beyond snout: snout long, nostrils near end of snout. Hahitdt. — Okinawa Shima, Rivi Kiu Archipelago. Type. — Science College Museum, Tokyo, No. 19a. 40— Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. XIV, 1901. (189)
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