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metatarsal tu^bercles, and a cutaneous fold on the inside of the tarsus. Skin 

 smooth. 



Locality^ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 



BUF0NID.E. 



14. Rhinoderma signifera, G. Head and body above reddish, dotted with 

 white. A few transverse, narrow black bars on the hind legs ; an elongated 

 whitish spot behind the occiput; an elliptical, greyish, lumbar ocellus, black- 

 spotted posteriorly. Abdomen maculated with white and black. Toes elongated, 

 webbed at their base only. Tubercles under the articulations of the fingers and 

 the toes. 



Locality. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 



15. BuFo LUGUBRosus,jG. Head and dorsal region blueish black ; sides reddish 

 grey with black patches. Tympanum black ; limbs black spotted. Beneath 

 dull yellowish white. First finger longer than the second, and almost as long as 

 the third. Upper surface of head grooved from occiput to the snout. Eyes pro- 

 tected anteriorly and posteriorly by an elevated ridge. Tympanum quite small. 

 Parotids of medium size, not very conspicuous. Toes webbed at their base only. 

 Two metatarsal tubercles, and another at the base of the inner toe. A mem- 

 branous ridge along the inner side of the tarsus. Skin glandulous and granulated. 



Locality Valparaiso, Chili. 



16. BuFo GRACILIS, G. Upper parts yellowish brown : a yellow dorsal vitta, 

 on each side of which are black angular and irregular spots. Limbs marked with 

 blackish blotches. Sides light yellow. Beneath dull yellow. First finger longer 

 than the second, and almost as long as the third. Upper surface of head, between 

 and behind the eyes, concave. Snout even above, and obliquely truncated in- 

 wardly. Tympanum comparatively large. Parotids very small and exiguous ; 

 a lateral glandulous fold of the skin from the parotids to the groins. Toes 

 webbed only at their base. Metatarsal tubercles inconspicuous. A membranous 

 fold along the inner side of the tarsus. Skin granular. 



Locality. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 



BUFONELLA, Girard. Tongue elongated, broadest posteriorly and free to a 

 certain extent, slightly emarginated behind. No teeth on the palate. Tympanum 

 distinct. No parotid glands. Four fingers, free and subcylindrical. Five toes, 

 of the same form as the fingers, neither webbed nor provided with any rudi- 

 mentary membrane. 



Ohs. Allied to Biijo, "Engy stoma and Breviceps. 



17. BuFONELLA CRUCiFERA, G. Deep brown above ; back dotted with yellow ; 

 a yellow spot at the origin of the arms ; a yellow band across the head, over the 

 eyelid, sending off a medial branch to the snout ; a yellow dorsal vitta on the pos- 

 terior half of the body. Beneath blackish brown, with large yellowish maculae 

 under the head, belly and leg^. Tip of fingers and toes yellow. Head and body 

 elongated; former depressed; latter subcylindrical. First finger shorter than the 

 second. Toes free. Metatarsal tubercles indistinct. 



Locality. New Holland. 



METAEUS, Girard. Tongue subelliptical, entire, free posteriorly for about 

 half of its length. Palate without teeth. Tympanum hidden under the skin. 

 No parotid glands. Four fingers ana five toes completely free. Two metatarsal 

 tubercles. 



Obs. Related to Engy stoma. 



IS. Metaeus timidus, G. Greenish brown above, maculated with brownish 

 black. A vitta extends from the snout, across the eye, to the shoulder. Head 

 large, rounded on the snout. Fingers and toes subcylindrical. Skin provided 

 with small pustules. 



Locality. Valparaiso, Chili. 



