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the families, although he uses them for minor groups. As Professor 

 Cope's views have been generally accepted in the United States, the fol- 

 lowing summary of Mr. Boulenger's views, compared with Professor 

 Cope's, may be of Interest, Mr. Boulenger's families being indicated by 

 Eoman figures, and those adopted in conformity with Professor Cope's 

 views being distinguished by the numbers in i)arentheses, and the de- 

 scriptive portions also in parentheses : 



Suborder I. Phanekoglossa. — Salients with the eustachian tubes 

 separated, and with a tongue. 



Section A. Firmisteknia. — Phanerogiossates with "coracoids firmly 

 united by a simple epicoracoid cartilage ; precoracoids, if present, rest- 

 ing with their distal extremity upon the coracoids, or connected with 

 the latter by the epicoracoid cartilage." 



I (1). Banids. — Firmisternials with premaxillary and maxillary teeth, 

 with subcylindrical sacral diapophyses, with precoracoids, and with an 

 " omosternum." 



This is by far the most extensive of the Anurans, comprising, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Boulenger, and including the doubtful ones, 286 species. 

 It is represented in ]!^orth America, Eurasia, India, Africa, South 

 America, and Australia. 



{2). Colostethids. — Firmisternials with premaxillary and maxillary 

 teeth, with subcylindrical diapophyses, and with precoracoids, but 

 without an " omosternum." 



Only one species has been referred to this family — the Colostethus 

 latinasus of Colombia. 



II. Bendrohatids. — Firmisternials without teeth, with subcylindrical 

 sacral diapophyses, and with precoracoids. 



Seven species of Dendrobates from South America, 3 of Mantella from 

 Madagascar, and (doubtfully) 1 of Stumpffia, also from Madagascar, 

 have been placed in this family. 



Ill (1). Fhryniscids (Engystomatidoe, § I, Boulenger). — Firmisterni- 

 als without teeth in upper jaw, with dilated sacral diapophyses, with 

 precoracoids, and the coracoids nearly parallel with the precoracoids. 



Twenty-five species of this section have been recognized by Mr. 

 Boulenger, some of w^hich are Oriental, but most are South American. 

 (2). JEngystomids (Engystomatidoe, § II, Boulenger). — Firmisternials 

 without teeth in upper jaw, with dilated sacral diapophyses, and with- 

 out precoracoids. 



Twenty-three species are attributed to the genera constituting this 

 family by Mr. Boulenger ; the typical are South America, but most in- 

 habit the oriental region. 



(3). Brevicepitids (Engystomatida?, § III, Boulenger). — Firmister- 

 nials without upper jaw teeth, with dilated sacral diapophyses, with 

 precoracoids ; the coracoids directed moderately backwards and much 

 dilated forwards on the epicoracoid cartilage. 



