Art. XI. — Xote on the Distribution of Victorian Batra- 

 chlans, with Descriptions of Tivo Neiu Species. 



By A. H. S. Lucas, M.A. Oxon., B. Sc. Loud. 



[Read October 8, 1891.J 



The Batrachians recorded from Victoria by Mr. G. A. 

 Bonlenger, in hi.s British Museum catalooue of the Batrachin. 

 Salientia, published in 1882, are six in number, viz. : — 



Lhnnodynastes tasmanlensls, Steindachner. Sandhurst. 

 Heleioporus plctiis, Peters. Sandhurst. 

 Fseuclophryne blbronil, Steind. Sandhurst. 

 Hyla ettingll, Dum. et Bibr. Melbourne. 

 H. ijarvldens, Peters. Port Phillip. 

 H. aiivea, Lesson. Melbourne. 



Sir Frederick McCoy, in his " Prodromus of Victorian 

 Zoology," has fully illustrated three species, viz. : — 



Limnodynastes tasnianlensls, Steind. Passim. 



L. dorsalls, Gray. Sandy tracts about Brighton. 



Hyla aurea. Lesson. Passim. 



L. dorsalls was tirst recorded from Victoria by Sir 

 Frederick McCoy. 



In 1888, Mr. Boulenger described'' a new species of frog 

 .sent to him b}^ Mr. J. J. Fletcher, of Sydney. The single 



* A.M.N. H., Vol. II (Sixth Series), p. 1:56. 



