Vol. 5, p. 119-121. July 21, 1924. Occasional Papers OF THE Boston Society of Natural History. HERPETOLOGICAL NOVELTIES FROM CHINA. BY LEONHARD STEJNEGER. Among the collections received by the United States National Museum from its correspondents in China, a recent revision has brought to light a certain number of undescribed forms which it has been thought best to publish in advance of a more elaborate report now in the printer's hands. Amphibia. Microhyla grahami, new species. Diagnosis. — Interorbital space almost twice as wide as upper eyelid; skin above, including head and legs, strongly tubercular; toes with mere rudiment of web at base and scant indication of lateral dermal margins; tips of digits very slightly widened; heel of extended hind leg reaches middle of eye ; two small metatarsal tubercles. Type-locality. — Sui-fu, Province of Szechwan, China. Type.—V. S. National Museum, No. 65,936; Rev. D. C. Graham, collector. Microhyla sowerbyi, new species. Diagnosis. — Interorbital space slightly wider than upper eye-lid; skin above, including head and legs, densely tubercular; toes scant one-third webbed, with rather wide dermal margins and well-developed disks; heel of extended hind leg reaches between eye and tip of snout; two prominent, though small, subequal metatarsal tubercles. Type-locality. — Near Yen-ping-fu, Province of Fukien, China. Type.—JJ. S. National Museum, No. 65,309; A. de C. Sowerby, collector (No. 231). Kaloula rugif era, new species. Diagnosis. — Toes nearly one-third webbed at the base; fingers dilated into well-developed truncated disks; upper surface and sides with numerous elongated warts; interorbital space much wider than upper eyelid; both metatarsal tubercles large, with cutting edge, outer transverse. 119
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