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H Y L O D E S . — Fitzhi^cr, non Dumeril ct Bibroti. 



Genus Hylodes. — Characters. Mouth large, and furnished with a large sub- 

 cord i form tongue, free and movable in its posterior half; teeth in the superior 

 maxillary and palate bones, the latter in two groups between the posterior nares; 

 tympanum visible; extremities slender, tips of fingers and toes terminating in 

 slightly developed tubercles. 



HYLODES GRYLLUS.— Lecon/e. 



Plate XXXIII. 



Characters. Head elongated, pointed, a triangular dusky spot between the 

 orbits; body above cinereous, with a green, or sometimes red, vertebral line, and 

 three oblong black spots, margined with white on the sides. Length, 18 lines. 



Synonymes. Savannah Cricket, Bartram, Trav., &c., p. 378. 

 Rana gryllus, Leconte, Ann. Lye, Nat. Hist. N. Y., vol. i. p. 282. 

 Rana gryllus, Harlan, Med. and Phys. Res., p. 104. 

 Rana dorsalis, Harlan, loc. cit, p. 105. 

 Acris gryllus, Dumeril et Eibron, Hist. Nat. des Rept., torn. viii. p. 507. 



Description. The head is elongated and rather pointed at the snout, greenish 

 above, with a black triangular spot between the orbits of the eyes, with its apex 

 backwards. The mouth is large, and the palate is armed with two thick groups 

 of minute teeth, situated on a line with the posterior border of the posterior nares, 

 and widely separated. 



