70 NEW- YORK FAUNA. 



summer : feeds on small flies. Its present known geographical range is from Massachusetts 

 to Pennsylvania. 



THE CRICKET HYLODES. 



Hylodes gryllus. 



PLATE XXII. FIG. 61. — (CABINET OF THE LYCEUM.) 



Rana gryllus. Le Comte, Ann. Lye. Nat. History, Vol. 1, p. 282. 



R. id. Harlan, Acad. Nat. Sc. Vol. 5, p. 340. 



R. dorsalis. Id. Med. and Phys. Res. p. 105. 



Acrys gryllus. Dom. et Bibron, Hist. Nat. Rept. Vol. 8, p. 507. 



Hyla gryllus. Holbrook, N. Am. Herpetology, Vol. 3, p. 75, pi. 13. 



Hylodes gryllus. Id. lb. Vol. 4, p. 131, pi. 33, 2d Ed. 



Characteristics. Cinereous, with a green or red vertebral line, and two or three black blotches 

 bordered with white. Head green above. Length one and a half inches. 



Description. Body slender. Head somewhat elongated. Eyes large and prominent, the 

 supra-orbital ridge being much elevated. Nostrils lateral, midway between the orbits and 

 snout. Fore feet small, with slender fingers, which are slightly enlarged at their tips. Hind 

 legs nearly twice the length of the body, with five long slender palmated toes. 



Color. Head greenish above, with a black triangular spot between the orbits. Irides 

 golden above, blackish beneath ; pupil black. Body dusky above, with a greenish or reddish 

 line extending backward to the vent ; this becomes bifurcated in front, a branch being directed 

 to each orbit. The blotches on the sides are dusky or blackish, obsoletely bordered with white. 

 Thighs yellowish behind, with a few semi-bars of brown. Beneath silvery white. 



Length 1 • - 1 • 2. 



This species is known under the names of Peeper and Cricket Frog, in New- York. At 

 the South, it is called Savannah Cricket. It is very lively and noisy, frequenting moist 

 wooded places and the borders of ponds, and is often seen on aquatic plants. It was first dis- 

 tinctly indicated by Major Le Conte, who regarded it as a true Frog. I have followed Dr. 

 Holbrook, in arranging it under Hylodes. It is never found on trees, and cannot adhere to 

 the under side of smooth surfaces. 



(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 



H. ocularis. (Holbrook, Vol. 3, pi. 14; and Vol. 4, pi. 35, 2d Ed.) Very small. Reddish brown; 

 a black band from near the end of the snout, runs through the eyes and along the flanks. Length 

 three quarters of an inch. South Carolina, Georgia. 



