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12. Hylodes venustus, sp.n. (Tab. LXVIII. fig. C.) 
Hab. Mexico, Jalapa (fF. D. G.). 
Habit moderately stout, the length of the body being less than the distance between 
vent and heel. Head moderately broad, with subacuminate snout; snout with distinct 
canthus and subvertical sides. Tympanum half the size of the eye (in an adult female), 
round. Vomerine teeth in two small rounded groups behind the choane, well 
separated from each other. Upper parts smooth, with the exception of a pair of 
undulated linear folds which run from the superciliary to the end of the transverse 
processes of the sacral vertebra; also a fold above and round the tympanum. Upper 
parts of the head smooth, with a few indistinct tubercles on the upper eyelid. Legs 
and lower parts smooth. Disks of the fingers and toes small; first finger longer 
than second. ‘Two metatarsal tubercles; subarticular tubercles on the metatarsals. 
Upper parts light mauve-coloured, back between the linear folds dark purplish ; linear 
folds, a band along the canthus rostralis and above and round the tympanum, an oval 
spot on each side of the pelvis, and some small irregular spots on the sides of the body, 
black. No interorbital band. Upper lip and hinder parts of the thighs powdered 
with grey. Lower parts white, immaculate. 
Length of body . . . . . . . ee. + + + «685 millim. 
Distance between vent and heel. . . . . . .. . 40 ==, 
Allied to AH. rugosus, but differing in the smoothness of the skin, longer hind legs, 
and coloration. 
13. Hylodes florulentus. 
Lithodytes florulentus, Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 1894, p. 336. 
Hab. Costa Rica, Boruca (Cherrie). 
Habit rather stout, the length of the body exceeding the distance between vent and 
heel. Tympanum vertically oval, about half the width of the eye. Vomerine teeth in 
two fascicles close together, behind the choane, but well within their inner margins. 
Tips of the fingers and toes with very small dilatations; two metatarsal tubercles. 
Back with a few small tubercles, otherwise smooth. Grey, dusted with blackish; hind 
limbs black behind, with dark grey cross-bands above, and with the spaces between 
these bands scarlet. Posterior part of the sides and anterior portion of the abdomen 
blackish-brown, with crimson and orange spots of various sizes and shapes, the largest 
in the groin. Fore limbs with cross-bands. (After Cope.) 
Length of body . . . . . . . ee ee 85 millim. 
hind limb from grom. . . . ..... 51 ,, 
» hind foot. . . . 2... ee ee ee RA, 
4 tarsus 2. 1 we we ee ee ee ee Dy 
Known from a single specimen, in which the integuments of the head are destroyed. 
