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(ii.) The inland division of N.S. W. ( West of the Dividing Range). 



(m) From Goangra and Euroka, near Walgett on the Naraoi 

 (collected by Messrs. A. Carson, and J. H. Rose). 



Limnodynastes salminii Ilyla ccerulea 



Chiroleptes platycephalus peronii 



Living specimens of all the above were exhibited at the Society's 

 Meetings in February and March last. As I then pointed out, 

 the stripes on the back which in spirit specimens of L. salminii 

 are pink or rose-red were in the living animals of quite a different 

 tint, a bright ochreous-yellow ; when put into spirit subsequently 

 the colour soon changed, the glandular fold from the eye to the 

 shoulder, and a patch on each upper arm also assuming the rosy 

 tint, as well as part of the upper eyelids. Notaden also occurs in 

 the Walgett district, but specimens did not happen to be procur- 

 able at the time the others were forwarded. Mr. Rose has very 

 kindly furnished me with the following particulars about this 

 species. 



" Notaden be?i7ietiii, the * Catholic frog ' or, as I have heard it 

 called, the 'Holy Cross toad' I first noticed in January, 1885, 

 after a heavy fall of rain lasting ten days, off and on, and suc- 

 ceeding a long and severe drought. I was living. at that time on 

 the Merri Merri Creek, 36 miles from Coonamble. These toads 

 were then very plentiful, and seemed to come out of the earth. I 

 have seen them all over the plain country, both on black and 

 sandy soil. Here at Euroka I have dug them out of a soft loamy 

 flower bed in front of the house at a time when the earth was 

 commencing to get dry; during comparatively dry periods they 

 disappear, but reappear as soon as a few points of rain have fallen. 

 I can safely say they were to be founds here at all times during the 

 last twelve months, though at times during the hottest part of 

 summer only under logs and in damp places. After a heavy fall 

 of rain in summer they simply swarm. I should certainly 

 incline to the opinion that it is always about if not too dry. I 

 have seen it as far south as Forbes. Some that I have seen have 



