270 CYSTIGNATHID.E. 



Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 

 two strong, slightly oblique series between the choanae. Head 

 large ; snout rounded, twice, or nearly twice, as long as the orbital 

 diameter ; nostril equally distant from the eye and the tip of the 

 snout ; interorbital space grooved, as broad as the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum very distinct, about two thirds the diameter of the eye. 

 Fingers short, first much longer than second ; toes short, nearly half 

 webbed; subarticular tubercles well developed; a large, oval, com- 

 pressed, inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb variable in length ; 

 being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaches the tympanum, the eye, or between the eye and the nostril. 

 Skin smooth or shagreened above, with a few scattered flat warts, 

 minutely granular beneath ; a more or less distinct glandular lateral 

 fold. Brown or olive above, uniform or marbled with darker ; a 

 dark streak from the tip of the snout through the eye and over the 

 tympanum to the shoulder ; throat spotted with brown. Male with 

 a subgular vocal sac. 



Australia. 



a-b. $ & yg. Port Essington. Mr. Gilbert's Coll. (Types.) 



c $ . Port Denison, N. G. Krefft, Esq. 



Australia. 

 d, e. Hgr. Port Denison, N. 



Australia. 

 f> 9i *■ 2 > 6 , & yg- Rockhampton, N. 



i. ?. NicolBay,N.W.C. M. DuBoulay. 



Australia. 



ft.?. Queensland. Prof. A. M. Thomson [P.]. 



I. Skel., ? . Australia. G. Krefi't, Esq. 



5. Chiroleptes alboguttatus. (Plate XVIII. fig. 1.) 

 Chiroleptes alboguttatus, Giinth. Ann. $• Mag. N. H. (3) xx. p. 54. 



Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 

 two straight or slightly oblique series between the choanae. Head 

 moderate ; snout subacuminate, not quite once and a half as long as 

 the orbital diameter ; nostril equally distant from the eye and the 

 tip of the snout ; interorbital space not quite as broad as the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, at least two thirds the diameter of 

 the eye. Fingers moderate, first much longer than second; toes 

 moderate, half webbed ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; inner 

 metatarsal tubercle oval, compressed ; no outer tubercle. The hind 

 limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches the eye or the nostril. Skin smooth above, or with 

 small warts on the back ; a glandular lateral fold ; belly minutely 

 granular. Olive or brown above, indistinctly marbled with black ; 

 a light vertebral line ; sides of the body and of the thighs blackish, 

 with numerous round white spots ; a dark streak from the tip of the 

 snout through the eye and over the tympanum to the shoulders ; 

 throat and breast sometimes marbled with brown. Male with a 



