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mens alive; but unfortunately they died in transit, and by the 

 time they reached me two (the largest specimens I have seen) 

 had deteriorated considerably, the condition of one of them being 

 beyond repair. I hope at some future time to be able to supple- 

 ment the above description from the examination of more satis- 

 factory adult material than I have yet seen. 



The discovery of this West Australian smooth-bellied Crinia is 

 very interesting, as its allies are exclusively Victorian and Tas- 

 manian. I do not propose at present to discuss the propriety or 

 otherwise of including all the smooth-bellied Crinias under a 

 single comprehensive species. It is a question which can only be 

 discussed with profit when good series of all of them can be 

 compared; and at present one, C. tasmaniensis, is known only 

 from the types in the British Museum. The species are very 

 variable, and some characters which in other genera are available 

 for classificatory purposes are here of negative importance only. 



6. Hyperolia marmorata, Gray. — Ilab. : [West Australia ; 

 one specimen (the type)]. The occurrence of this species needs 

 confirmation, the only other localities recorded for it being in 

 New South Wales and Queensland. 



7. Chiroleptes australis, Gray. — Hab. : [Nicol Bay ; one 

 specimen]. 



8. Chiroleptes alboguttatus, Gthr. — Hab. : King's Sound, 

 and Derby (Maclea}^ Museum, collected by Mr. W. W. Froggatt); 

 Junction of Fitzroy River and Margaret Creek, N.W. A. (Calvert 

 Expedition). The species most numerously represented in both 

 collections (more than twenty specimens). 



9. Chiroleptes brevipalmatus, Gthr. — Hab. : King's Sound, 

 N.W. A. (Macleay Museum; collected by Mr. W. W. Froggatt); 

 Junction of Fitzroy River and Margaret Creek (Calvert Expedi- 

 tion). 



10. Heleioporus albopuxctatus. Gray. — Hab.: [Swan River, 

 W. Australia, and N.W. Australia]; Perth (Messrs. H. Richards, 

 and A. M. Lea; two specimens); Albany (Mr. R. Helms; one 

 specimen). This is another species which, like L. dorsalis, presents 

 a spotted and an unspotted variety. One with white dorsal spots, 



