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Oope.] ^^ [March 18, 



dactylus. No dermal margins. Skia generally smooth ; no discoidal 

 Tentral fold. 



Color of superior surfaces and sides, black. A broad white band ex- 

 tends from each eye to the groin ; it is distinct in the young, obscure in 

 the adult. It is bounded below by a black band which widens near the 

 axilla. A white line extends on the middle line from the extremity of the 

 muzzle near the end of the urostyle. In the young it sends off a little 

 branch on each side to the eyelid. The upper lip is marked as follows : 

 A white vertical bar marks the middle of the premaxilla ; two bars are 

 below the nostril, and two larger ones below tlie eye. A short distance 

 behind the latter a white stripe commences and extends to the axilla. The 

 superior face of the femur is pale longitudinally ; the posterior face is 

 brown, with a pale longitudinal band in the centre. Under surfaces white, 

 except that the throat and breast are faintly brown spotted. The femora 

 are similarly brown spotted in an oblique tract from the anus to the ante- 

 rior aspect of the knee. 



M. ^ 



Length of head and body 0173 



" " " to line of tympana 0057 



Width " " at " " " 0053 



Length of anterior limb 009 



foot 0047 



" " posterior leg from groin 0367 



foot 0135 



" " " " minus tarsus 009 



But three specimens of this species was obtained by Mr. Smith, and 

 these are of small size. All their parts are, however, fully ossified, and 

 its characters developed. 



13. Paludicola ameghini, sp. nov. 



No lumbar gland nor tarsal tubercle, nor vomerine teeth. Skin covered 

 with large fiat warts irregularly arranged. 



Muzzle short and acuminate ; no canthus rostralis ; muzzle not project- 

 ing in profile. Nostril half way between its extremity and the orbit. No 

 membranum tympani. Interorbital space a little wider than eyelid. Sec- 

 ond finger shorter than third. Extended hind limb reaching with the 

 heel half way between orbit and nostril. Two metatarsal tubercles small 

 but distinct, a diagonal fold extending from the internal to the middle of 

 the tarsus. Toes with narrow dermal margins, and a short web at the 

 base. Soles smooth. General form robust. 



Color of superior surfaces and sides, a lighter or darker lead-color. 

 There is a dark band extending from one superciliary border to the other, 

 and there are indirect cross-bands on the hind legs. Very indistinct light 

 bars on upper lip. Below white, the border of the lower jaw densely 

 marbled with blackish. Posterior face of femur dark, with a longitudinal 

 pale line near the inferior side. 



