594 DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS OF CYSTIGNATHOID FROGS. 



Phanerotis FLETCHERI. 



Habit Ranoicl. Head as loug as broad ; snout obtuse, with 

 sharp canthus and oblique, slightly concave loreal region ; nostril 

 a little nearer the end of the snout than to the eye ; interorbital 

 space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum three-fourths the 

 diameter of the eye. Fingers and toes with strong subarticular 

 tubercules and slightly swollen tips ; first and second fingers equal ; 

 a small, blunt, inner metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches the tip of the snout ; tibia four-fifths the length of 

 the fore limb, as long as the vertebral column ; foot a little 

 shorter than tibia. Upper parts finely granulate, lower parts 

 smooth ; upper eyelids warty, a small A-shaped glandular fold 

 between the shoulders, and an oblique fold from the eye to the 

 middle of the side, passing above the tympanum. Pale brown 

 above, with very small darker spots ; a feebly marked lighter line 

 along the middle of the body ; sides of head, axillary region, and 

 hinder side of thighs blackish-brown ; a black band borders the 

 postocular fold inferiorly, its lower border sinuous and involving 

 the upper third of the tympanum ; a few rosy spots below the eye 

 and behind the axilla ; a cross-bar between the eyes and the inter- 

 scapular chevron-fold blackish ; limbs with dark cross-bands ; 

 tarsus and outer toe bordered with black ; lower parts whitish, 

 "with the exception of the tibia, which is brown. 



From snout to vent 33 millim. 



Hah. — Dunoon, Richmond River (collected by Mr. R. Helms.) 



I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. J. J. Fletcher for a speci- 

 men of this interesting novelty, and for the opportunity of 

 describing it. 



