188^.] • -^"d [Cope. 



fore-arm, tibia, tarsus, and fifth posterior toe, and a narrow l)and on the 

 upper surface of the femur. The humerus, with the concealed surfaces of 

 the limbs, and a well defined band from axilla to groin are dark purplish, 

 which is only interrupted bj^ five vertical narrow yellow bands, which 

 cross the lateral band, and join a yellow border which bounds its superior 

 edge. Toes and lower surfaces, yellow, deeper on the abdomen. 



This very pretty tree frog is most nearly allied to the Agalychnis calli- 

 dryas Cope, a species which has been found both in Panama and in Vera 

 Cruz. It differs in the dark color of the concealed surfaces, and in the 

 shorter, wider head, and in the smaller tympanic membrane. No. 

 13,737. 



Hyla puma, sp. nov. Size of H. carolmensis. 



■ Fingers with rudiment of web between external digits"; toes half webbed. 

 Vomerine teeth in transverse patches, whose edges are in line of the poste- 

 rior border of the posterior nares, Ostia pharyngea one-third as large as 

 choaua;. Tongue subround, nearly entire. Tympanic membrane distinct, 

 an oblique oval, its long diameter two thirds that of eye fissure. Canthus 

 rostralis well marked, concave ; nostril nearly terminal, separated from 

 orbit by a space equal long diameter of tympanum. Heel reaching middle 

 of lores. Head rather small, muzzle short. Belly areolate, all superior 

 surfaces smooth. Digital dilatations equal half diameter of tympanic disc. 

 Color, above, uniform dark brown ; below, uniform light brown. 



Total length, M. .045 ; of head from posterior line of tympana, axial, 

 .015 ; width of do. at posterior line of tympana, .018 ; length of posterior 

 limb, .071 ; of posterior foot, .031 ; of tarsus, .017; of anterior limb, .028; 

 of anterior foot, .013. 



This species is near to the H. phmota Cope of the Darien region, and the 

 n. pulchella D. and B. of Southern Brazil. In the former the head is lar- 

 ger in proportion to the body, and the hind limbs are rather longer. The 

 color includes cross-bands on back and limbs, and posterior to eye, all of 

 which are wanting from H. puma. The H. pulchella has much the same 

 proportions, etc., but has longer hind limbs, and a different coloration, 

 especially a very distinct lateral band. No. 18,735. One specimen. 

 CoKTTHOPHANES MEXiCANUS Wagler. No. 13,745. 

 Anolis bransfordi Cope. Proceeds. Academy Phila., 1874, G7. No. 



13,739. 

 Pliocercus dtmidiatus Cope. A specimen with seventeen black an- 



nuli on the body, with the scales of the light interspaces black-tipped. 



In the type there are fourteen annuli, and the light-colored scales are 



not black-tipped. No. 13,741. 

 Drymobius bodd,erti Seetzen. No. 13,743. 

 Tretanorhinus nigroluteus Cope. No. 13,744. 



The nasal plates of this specimen do not meet in front of the internasals 

 as described in the type specimen ; otherwise they agree. 

 BoTHRiopsis BRACHYSTOMA Cope. No. 13,742. 



