Dr. A. Giinther on Australian Batrachia. 311 
Besides these species, I have very little doubt that the Phoca cas- 
pica of Nilsson, from the Caspian Sea, the Leo marinus of Steller, 
from Behring's Straits, and Pagonys nummularis, from Japan, are 
distinct. I am not aware that the Leo marinua of Steller exists in 
any museum ; the specimen we received from the St. Petersburg 
Academy under that name is the Callorhinus ursinus of the 'Pro- 
ceedings of the Zoological Society ' for 1859. 
Notice of a New Species of Goliathus. By G. R, Gray. 
Dr. Kirk has, on his return from the Zambesi, added to our 
knowledge a species of the genus Goliathus, which he obtained as 
long ago as November 1858, when he picked it up among the hills 
of Kcbrabassa, which is situated about forty miles beyond the Por- 
tuguese town of Tete. As it appears to be new, I have ventured to 
lay a description of it before the Society under the name of Golia~ 
thus Kirkianus. 
6 . Castaneous black, with the upper part of head, the seven nar- 
row longitudinal lines on the thorax, the base, and outer edges of 
the elytra broadly margined, also with a series of narrow irregular 
transverse lines on their centres of a pearly white. The bifurcated 
horn in front of the head, all beneath the body, and legs deep casta- 
neous ; the four hind legs fringed inwardly with pale rufous hairs. 
Scutellum of a lonir-triangular form, castaneous black, with a short 
narrow longitudinal line in the centre of a pearly white. 
Of the known species it approaches most nearly to the Goliathus 
Fomassinii, from which, however, it differs in the form of the head 
and thorax : the former is longer, with the bifurcated horn in front 
shorter, while each fork of it is broader, with the apex of each 
broadly truncated ; the latter is less rounded, with the sides suban- 
gulated in the centre, thus differing from the figure of the head of 
the male given in the 'Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de Fr.' iv. pi. 7. f. la. 
Feb. 9, 1864.— John Gould, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair. 
Third Contribution to our Knowledge of Batrachians 
FROM Australia, By Dr. A. Gunther. 
The following is a continuation of two other papers treating on the 
same subject ; they were published in the * Annals and Magazine of 
Natural History,' 1863, p. '2(i, and in the 'Proceedings' of this 
Society, 1863, p. 2-19. 
MixoPHYES (g. n. Ranidakum). 
Habitus as in Rana, the head being broad and large ; legs of mo- 
derate length. Tongue circular, not notched behind ; vomerine 
teeth in two series ; lower jaw without tooth-like apophyses. Open- 
ings of the Eustachian tubes narrower than the choause ; tympanum 
distinct. Fingers free, none opposite to the others ; interdigital 
membrane between the toes well developed ; fifth toe moveable to 
its base ; a long, compressed, subscmicircular tubercle at the meta- 
312 Zoologica I Sociehj : — 
tarsus. Male with a single subgular sac, which is not visible exter- 
nally. 
MlXOPHYES FASCIOLATUS. 
This Batrachian approaches the true Frogs more closely than any 
other known from the Australian region ; its habitus is that of Rana, 
but the head is disproportionally large and broad. The snout is ob- 
tusely rounded, with the canthus rostralis gradually descending in a 
gentle curve, and with the loreal region obliquely flattened. The 
nostril is scarcely below the canthus, midway between the eye and the 
end of the snout. The eye is large, prominent. Cleft of the mouth 
very wide, much broader than long. The vomerine teeth are in a 
nearly straight line, between the anterior angles of the choanse, the 
two series being separated in the middle by a narrow space. Two 
long slits on the side of the tongue lead into the subgular sac. The 
tympanum is nearly as large as the eye. With the exception of a 
very slight fold above the tympanum, the skin is perfectly smooth. 
Fingers tapering, rather slender. The length of the body equals 
the distance between vent and heel, but it is much more than the 
length of the remaining foot. Toes two-thirds webbed, so that the 
three outer phalanges of the fourth toe remain free. 
Upper parts brownish olive, with a darker cross band between the 
hinder half of the superciliaries. A black band runs along the can- 
thus rostralis, widening on the foremost part of the snout below the 
nostril, and is continued behind the eye, above the tympanum ; sides 
of the body with round brown or black spots ; legs with numerou.i 
black cross bands, which are most distinct on the hinder side of the 
fore legs and on the anterior side of the hind limbs. Lower parts 
uniform white ; throat of the male brownish. 
Specimens of this Frog have been sent by Mr. Krefft from the 
Clarence River ; the following are the dimei\sions of an adult 
female: — 
lines. 
Length of the body 33 
Width of the mouth 14 
Length of the fore limb 23 
of the third finger 7 
of the hind limb 54 
of the entire foot 23 
of the fourth toe 1 5| 
Pterophrynus affinis. 
Habit as in Camariolius varius, Peters, but with the snout longer 
and more pointed ; the canthus rostralis is rather distinct between 
eye and nostril, and is strongly deflexed in front. Upper parts 
smooth, the lower coarsely granulated. Eye rather large, not much 
shorter than the snout. Tongue narrow, ovate, entire behind ; vo- 
merine teeth none, but there is a short, scarcely perceptible osseous 
ridge in front of the orbital groove. Toes not fringed ; tarsus with 
a longitudinal fold of th*e skin ; metatarsus with two minute tubercles. 
Dr. A. Gunther on Australian Batrachia. 313 
The length of the body is more than the distance between vent and 
metatarsal tubercles. Upper parts reddish ohve, with a double series 
of irregular blackish spots along the back ; a black band runs from 
behind the eye along the side of the body towards the loin, a blackish 
streak along the canthus rostralis. Lower parts whitish. 
lines. 
Length of the body 12 
of the hind limb 1 G 
of the fourth hind toe 5 
Distance between vent and knee 4^ 
Hub. Western Australia. 
Having found in the collection of the British Museum a specimeu 
of Pterophrynus verrucosus, Lutken, I convinced myself that the 
slight swelling of the skin between the angle of the mouth and the 
shoulder is not produced by an accumulation of glands, so as to 
deserve the name of a parotoid. The processes of the sacral ver- 
tebra are so slightly dilated, that they might be described as cylin- 
drical ; however, each process terminates in a cartilage, which is 
very distinctly dilated. On com{)aring this Frog with the Camario- 
lius of Peters, I came to the conclusion that both these genera must 
be united ; for although Professor Peters describes the processes 
of the sacral vertebra as narrow, I find them in Camariolitts varius, 
Peters, as slightly dilated as in Pterophrynus. Probably any one 
who had no opportunity of observing the following species would 
have overlooked the dilatation of those processes in the species 
mentioned. P. Itevis has them very distinctly dilated, and P. affinis 
and /'. tastnaniensis are, in this re8j>ect, intermediate between these 
extreme forms. They form only one genus, which, perhaps, must 
be still further extended ; for, whilst none of the species mentioned 
are provided with vomerine teeth, several specimens in our col- 
lection, which, perhaps, are the Cystignathus Georgianus of D. & B., 
and which can scarcely be generically separated from our Ptero- 
phryni, have those teeth well developed. Tschudi has proposed the 
name of Crinia for the last-named species. 
Pterophrynus tasmaniensis. 
Very similar to Camariolius pictus, Peters ; upper and lower parts 
nearly entirely smooth, with scarcely any trace of flat tubercles. Snout 
rounded in front, somewhat pointed, sloping downwards in a gentle 
curve from the nostrils. Eye of moderate size, rather longer than 
its distance from the nostril. Tongue narrow, ovate, entire behind ; 
vomerine teeth none. Toes fringed ; tarsus without longitudinal 
fold \ metatarsus with two minute tubercles. The length of the 
body equals the distance between vent and metatarsal tubercles. 
Upper parts blackish brown, with a more or less distinct broad red- 
dish-olive band running from behind the eye towards the loin ; lower 
parts beautifidly rose-coloured, largely marbled with black ; the pre- 
anal parts black. 
3] 4 Zoological Society. 
lines. 
Length of the body 13 
of the hind limb 19 
of the fourth hind toe 6 
Distance between vent and knee 5 
Hab. Van Diemen's Land. 
PtEROPHRYNUS LiEVIS. 
Habit as in Pseudophryne ; snout rather short and rounded, with 
the canthus rostralis obtuse. Eye considerably shorter than the 
snout. Upper and lower parts perfectly smooth. Tongue narrow, 
ovate, entire behind ; vomerine teeth none. Tympanum very small, 
covered not only by the skin, but also by muscle. Toes not fringed, 
without subarticular tubercles ; neither a tarsal fold nor metatarsal 
tubercles are present. The length of the body is not much less than 
that of the hind limb. Brownish olive ; small yellow spots are scat- 
tered over the upper parts ; numerous brown spots on the belly and 
on the lower side of the hind limb. 
lines. 
Length of the body 13 
of the hind limb 16 
of the fourth hind toe 5i 
Distance between vent and knee 4| 
Hab. Van Diemen's Land. 
LiTORIA WiLCOXII. 
Snout of moderate length, somewhat pointed in front, the distance 
between the front angles of the orbits being equal to that between 
the eye and the extremity of the snout. Canthus rostralis angular ; 
nostril much nearer to the end of the snout than to the eye. Tym- 
panum very distinct, half the size of the eye. Skin perfectly smooth; 
a fold across the chest ; belly granulated. Vomerine teeth in two 
oblique short series between the anterior part of the choanae ; tongue 
entire behind. Openings of the Eustachian tubes much narrower 
than the choance. Limbs rather slender : the third finger is longer 
than the fourth. The length of the body is a little less than the 
distance between vent and heel. Tarsus with a lateral fold of the 
skin ; metatarsus with two small tubercles. Toes three-fourths 
webbed ; the length of the fourth toe is a little less than one-half of 
that of the body. Disks rather small. 
Upper parts greyish olive, indistinctly marbled with darker ; a 
dark cross band between the eyes, A black band runs from the 
snout along the canthus rostralis, and is continued behind the eye, 
across the tympanum, to behind the axil. Sides of the belly and 
hinder side of the thigh yellow, marbled with black. 
lines. 
Length of the body 19 
Width of the cleft of the mouth 6f 
Length of the fore limb . . , 13^ 
of the third finger 4^ 
MisccUaneirus. 316 
lines. 
Length of the hind limb 35 
of the entire foot 15 
of the fourth toe 9 
Two specimens were sent by Mr. KreflFt ; they were collected at 
the Clarence River by James F. Wilcox, Esq., to whom science is in- 
debted for many valuable acquisitions from that country. 
I take this opportunity of remarking that Hyla aurea, Less., 
has the first finger opposite to the three others, and that therefore 
it ought to be referred to the genus Liioria. 
Halophila platydactyla. 
This species is very similar to //. ritiana, Bibr., but distinguished 
by the very broad terminal disks of the fingers, which are as large 
as the tympanum. In the form of its head it agrees with the other 
species mentioned ; the tympanum is not quite iialf as large as the 
eye ; the choana; and openings of the Eustachian tubes are small, 
and the minute vomerine teeth form only a very short oblique series 
behind the chuano;. The skin is perfectly smooth. The first finger 
is shorter than the others. The length of the body is more than 
the distance between vent and heel. Toes with a rudimentary web, 
and with the terminal disks much smaller than those of the fingers ; 
the third toe is longer than the fifth ; metatarsus with two minute 
tubercles. Uniform brownish violet above ; light brownish below. 
Length of the body 16 lines, of the hind limb 22 lines, of the 
fourth toe 7 lines, of the fore limb 1 1 1 lines. 
The locality where this species has been obtained is not known, 
but it is probable that it came from one of the Feejee Islands. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Notice of a new Gentu (Silurana) of Froffs/rom West Africa. 
By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c. 
Mr. Moore, of the Free Museum, Liverpool, has kindly sent to me 
for examination some young Frogs and their laniK which he has 
lately received. They are peculiar for having a very long beard, Hke 
the cirri of a Silurus or Cat-fish, on each side of the mouth. The 
larva has the flat head and much the appearance of that genus of fish. 
Silurana (Fam. DactylethricUe). 
The mouth with an elongated beard on each side, at the angle of 
the gape. Tarsus with a spur at the base of the first toe ; the rest 
like Dactyletkra. 
The larva with a very broad flat head, and a very long beard at 
the angle of the mouth on each side : this beard in the larva is 
as long as the body ; it is shorter and thicker in the specimens 
which have their fore and hind feet well developed but still retain 
their tail. The tail is compressed, finltss above, but with a broad, 
well-developi d nicnibranaceous fin extending the whole length of the 
lower edge.