The D'lsfrlhvilon^of Vicforiav Batrachian>< . (w> 



A single male sj)eciinen, found by Dr. Dencly on our visit 

 to Wellington River, North Gipi>sland. It was met with 

 while we were turning over logs in search of Planarian 

 worms, on one of the river flats, whicli gave evidence of 

 being largeh' flooded in winter time. 



PSEUDOPHRYNE SEMI-MAKMORATA, sp. nov. 



General form and characters those of genus. 



Hind liml) being carried forwards along the body, the tip 

 of the longest toe reaches beyond the end of the snout. The 

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches to the shoulder. 



Skin of to[) of head and back with several moi-e or less 

 distinct longitudinal linear series of rather conspicuous warts. 

 Sides and belly smooth. Under surface of thighs near the 

 symphysis granular. 



Two small metaearjial tubercles, the outer rather larger. 

 Two small metatarsal tubercles, subequal. 



An oval orano-e-coloured gland on back of each thigh. 



Dimensions of large specimen. — From tip of snout to vent, 

 31 mm. ; length of fore-limb from axilla to tip of third finger, 

 13 nun.; length of hind-limb from vent to tip of fourth toe, 

 31 mm. 



Colours of Life. — Top of head and back and upper sur- 

 faces of limbs olive-green, with darker spots ; tips of warts 

 often lighter. Vertebral line usually absent ; when present, 

 reduced to fjiint yellow streak on tip of snout, and another 

 over hinder part of urostyle. Sides, blue black ; throat, 

 under sides of limbs, pale greenish yellow, more exactly a 

 light shade of "brown pink," greener near axilla. Palmar 

 surface of hand and plantar surface of inner 3?? toes, flesh- 

 coloured. Belly light olive-green, marbled flnely with white. 



Met \\\i\\ in all the S.E. parts of the colony, south of the 

 Divide. 



Four species of Pseudophryne are recorded in Mr. 

 Boulenger's Catalogue. All are confined to Australia. Mr. 

 Boulenger suggests that two of the species, P. bibronii and 

 P. coriacea, named by Steindachner and Keferstein respec- 

 tively, may prove to be only varieties of the original 

 P. australis of Gray. But Mr. Fletcher,* who has closely 



* Vide Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Vol. IV 

 (Second Series), p. :^76. 



