522 DESCRIPTION OF A NEW CYSTIGNATHOID FROG FROM N.S.W. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW CYSTIGNATHOID FROG 

 FROM NEW SOUTH WALES. 



By J. J. Fletcher. 



Crinia haswelli, n,sp. 



Yomerine teeth in two distinct slightly oblique groups behind 

 the choanse. Snout rounded, longer than (in (J) or about as long 

 as (in 5) the orbital diameter ; nostril slightly nearer the eye 

 than the tip of the snout ; interorbital space broader than (in ^) 

 or about as broad as (in 9) the upper eyelid ; tympanum quite 

 hidden. First finger about as long as second ; toes slightly 

 fringed ; subarticular tubercles well developed ; two small meta- 

 tarsal tubercles, the outer one very small, or wanting or not 

 perceptible (in ^) ; no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches to 

 between the eye and the shoulder. Upper surfaces smooth, but 

 with some small indistinct scattered warts especially posteriorly; 

 belly — but not the throat and chest — and the lower and hinder 

 surfaces of the thighs near the symphysis granular. In life a rich 

 chestnut-brown or a silvery-grey or drab above, with an incom- 

 plete broad darker band down the middle of the back commencing 

 between the eyes very much as in Ilyla ewingii, changing in 

 spirit to a dull chocolate-brown or a light ashy-grey; minutely 

 specked with black ; a light vertebral line ; a black band on each 

 side of the head commencing at the nostril, at first narrow and 

 sometimes imperfect, passing through the eye and extending 

 back as far as above the shoulder, sometimes interrupted, some- 

 times light-edged superiorly : a carmine or orange-red spot on the 

 loin on each side close to the groin : a larger one on the hinder 

 side of each thigh, and on the inner surface of each calf, the 

 bright colour not so 'fast' as in some species of the genus but 



