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ever, I cannot see that a similar statement is not equally applicable 

 to some Tasmanian and Victorian specimens of H. ewingii. The 

 following is I think a fair estimate of the webbing of //. etvinyii 

 and its varieties : — Fingers free, fringed, or fringed and with a 

 rudiment of web. Toes : the third and fifth webbed to about the 

 level of the subarticular tubercle immediately proximad of the 

 disc, or beyond and by continuity with the fringe extending to 

 the discs or nearly so : the other toes less webbed. 



I have not seen specimens of var. ca/liscelis from South-West, 

 or South Australia, but it seems to me that the case for H. 

 etvingii may be summed up as follows : — 



In Tasmania we find the typical unspotted form of H. etvingii, 

 together with a slight and unimportant colour-variety, and var. 

 A. — var. caUiscelis. 



In A^ictoria also we find the typical form, together with a 

 trivial colour- variety, and var. caUiscelis, the latter also extending 

 to South Australia (Peters' two Adelaide types of H. caUiscelis) 

 and to West Australia (two specimens from King George's Sound, 

 in the British Museum, previously recorded by Dr. Giinther 

 under the name of //. e.ici/iigii). 



In New South Wales we find an unspotted form with the 

 fingers and toes as much or even slightly more webbed than the 

 typical form (var. B. — var. krefftii ); and a more widely distributed 

 spotted variety, less webbed than the typical form (var. C. — -var. 

 orientalis, var. nov.), and in which the discs of both the fingers 

 and the toes are certainly smaller than usual. 



Var. krefflii — but not H. eivingii — is recorded in the B. M. 

 Catalogue (2nd ed.) from Port Denison, Q. In New South Wales 

 it is rather a rare frog, and is confined to the coast. I have seen 

 altogether about twenty-five specimens from three localities all 

 within a distance of about 60 miles from Sydney. The majority 

 were found under logs in the cold months, but a few under loose 

 bark on tree trunks or between the bases of the fronds of Zamias. 

 Mr. Kreff't's favourite locality for this species near Rand wick has 

 been devastated during the last few years; and it is now difiicult 

 to procure specimens near Sydney. Var. orientalis is one of our 



