138 HYLODES OCULARIS. 



Dimensions. Length, 11 lines; thighs, 3 1 lines; leg, 3| lines; tarsus and toes, 

 62 lines. 



Habits. This beautiful little animal, the smallest of the frog kind with which 

 I am acquainted, is closely allied to the Hylodes gryllus in its habits, choosing 

 the same damp places for its abode, and is not unfrequently found on the leaves 



of such low shrub= °= 'i^'^^'"* *' ' ^■^•-- j 



and like the Hy 

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 be found to have i 



General Rema 

 from the black spi 

 it is possible this 

 and Daudin, which 

 Hyla squirella; ar 

 or leaps upon the 

 supposed it to be ; 



Bosc, an additional synonyme will be saved; but if it is an undescribed animal, 

 which I believe, then the denomination Hylodes ocularis is well enough, as it 

 belongs to another genus. 



The members of this genus, like those of the last, are all diurnal in their habits, 

 or seek their food by daylight. They all delight in the heat of the sun, and the 

 brighter its rays, the more merry and noisy are they. They are all found near 

 water, or in darkish places, like the Ranoida, but are never observed sitting half 

 immersed in it, though they will conceal themselves by diving to the bottom when 

 pursued. 



