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1843. Phrynohyas Fitzinger, Systema reptilium, fasc. 1, p. 30. [Genotype, 

 Hyla zonula Spix, 1824, Animalia nova, sive species novae tesludinum et 

 ranarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam, etc., p. 41, pi. 12, fig. 1 (Brazil).] 



1843. PhylloUus Fitzinger, Systema reptilium, p. 30. [Genotype, Hyla albo- 

 marginata Spix, 1824, Animalia nova, sive species novae testudiniim et 

 ranarum quas in itinere per Brasiliam, etc., p. 33, pi. 8, fig. 1 (Brazil); pre- 

 occupied by Phyllobius, Schonherr, 1824, Coleoptera.] 



1856. Centrotelma Burmeister, Erlauterungen zur Fauna Brasiliens, enthaltend 

 Abbildungen und ausftihrliche Beschreibungen neuer oder ungeniigend 

 bekannter Thier-Arten, p. 97. [Genotype, Hyla (Centrotelma) infulata = 

 Hyla infulata Wied, 1825, Beitrage zur Naturgeschichte von Brasiliens, vol. 



1, p. 533 (Brazil).] 



1856. Hylomedusa Burmeister, Erlauterungen zur Fauna Brasiliens, enthaltend 

 Abbildungen und ausftihrliche Beschreibungen neuer oder ungeniigend be- 

 kannter Thier-Arten, p. 102. [Genotype, Htjla (Hylomedusa) crepitans 

 Burmeister, idem, p. 103 — H[yla] crepitans Wied, .1824, Abbildungen 

 zur Naturgeschichte Brasiliens, pi. (47), fig. 1 (Tamburil im Sertong von 

 Bahia, Brazil).] 



1862. Osteocephalus Steindachner, Archiv. Zool. Anat. e la Fisiol. Genova, vol. 



2, fasc. 1, p. 77. [Genotype, Osteocephalus taurinus Steindachner, idem, 

 p. 77, pi. 6, figs. 1-3 (Barra do Rio Negro in Brasilien) . Not of Fitzinger, 

 1843, a nomen nudum.] 



1862. Scytopis Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 14, p. 354, Sept. 



[Genotype, Scytopis hebes Cope, idem, p. 354 (Paraguay).] 

 1865. Smilisca Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 17, p. 194, Oct. 



[Genotype, Smilisca daulinia Cope, idem, footnote, p. Q5 = Hyla baudinii 



Dum^ril and Bibron 1841, Erp^tologie g6n6rale, vol. 8, pp. 564, 565 



(Mexico).] 

 1867. Cinclidium Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, n. s., vol. 6, pt. 2, 



p. 200, July. [Genotj'pe, Cinclidium granulatum Cope, idem, pp. 200, 202 



(Surinam) .] 

 1870. Cincloscopus Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 11, no. 84, p. 554, foot- 

 note, Sept. 16. [Substitute name for Cinclidium Cope.] 

 1870. Cophomantis Peters, Monatsber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 650, 



Aug. [Genotj'pe, C[oph omantis] punctillata Peters, idem, p. 651, pi. 2, 



fig. 4 (Sta.Catharina, Brazil).] 

 1872. Hylomantis Peters, Monatsber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 772. 



[Genotype, Hylomantis aspera Peters, idern, p. 772, pi.-, fig. 2 (Bahia, 



Brazil).] 

 1885. Epedaphus Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 22, pt. 4, no. 120, p. 383, 



Apr. 17. [Genotype, Hyla gratiosa LeConte, 1856, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 



Philadelphia, vol. 8, p. 146, pi. 4 (printed VI) Aug. ("lower country of 



Georgia").] 

 1899. Hyliola Mocouard, Nouv. Archiv. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, ser. 4, vol. 1, 



p. 337. [Genotype, Hyliola regilla Mocquard = //j/Za regilla Baird and 



GiRARD, 1852, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 6, p. 174, Oct. 



("Sacramento River, in Oregon, and Puget Sound"); fixed by Stejneger, 



1907, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 58, p. 76.] 



Eleven species of the genus Hyla are liere recognized as occurring 

 witliin the limits of continental Mexico. There is reason to believe 

 that five of these — arenicolor, baudinii, eximia, miotympanum, and 

 venulosa — are fairly common tree frogs, for they are most frequently 

 found in collections made in IMexico. One, //. phlebodes, may yet be 



