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NEW SPECIES OF BUFO FROM TEXAS. 



The general color above is rather light lead colored, and below clean 

 yellowish while. The small warts above are red, with a black ring at 

 the base. No median dorsal band. A light band commences on the 

 scapula and extends nearly to the groin. It is bounded above by sep- 

 arate blackish spots, and below by similar spots which are closer to- 

 getlier. These form the superior border of a lead-colored band. This 

 disappears below in a crowd of small black spots, which grow smaller 

 and disappear on the sides of the abdomen. The integument thus 

 marked is areolated. All the lighter parts of this region are dotted 

 with pink spots. Posterior faces of fore-arm, femur, tarsus, and external 



t itarsi blackish with small yellow speckles. The limbs have on their 



upper sin faces blown cross-bands with pink points in them. Anterior 

 face of tarsus with a brown spot, and several on the externa! digits. 



Ini'iii iinaich without nearer indication of locality, bat probably from near Gainesville, which is 

 in northern Texas, near the Bed River. 



This species is well characterized by the length of its legs, the shcrS 

 and peculiar form of its head, the smoothness of its lower surfaces, and 

 the color. 



