204 CYSTIGXATUIDJ3. 



Synojjsis of the Species. 



I. Lower surfaces granulate. 

 Tympanum slightly distinct ; belly imma- 

 culate ; loins and sides of thighs carmine 1. georgiana, p. 264. 



Tympanum quite hidden ; belly dark 

 " spotted or marbled 2. signifera, p. 265. 



II. Lower surfaces smooth. 

 Subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes 



and metatarsal tubercles yery distinct . . 3. tasmaniensis, p. 266. 

 Subarticular and metatarsal tubercles in- 

 distinct; toes not fringed 4. Icevis, p. 266. 



1. Crinia georgiana. 



Cystignathu* georp-iana, Gunth. Cat. p. 30. 

 Crinia georgiana, {Bibr.) Tschudi, Batr. p. 78; Keferst, Gotting. 



Nachr. 1867, p. 347, and Arch. f. Naturg. 1868, p. 263. 

 Cvstignathus georgianus, Sum. \ Bibr. p. 416. 

 ? Crinia ignita, Cope, Joiirn. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 86. 

 Pteropliryne georgiana, Gunth. Ann. 8f May. X. II. (3) xx. p. 53. 



Vomerine teeth in two yery small, indistinct groups behind the 

 choanre, seldom missing. Snout rounded, a little longer than the 

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

 of the snout ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid : tym- 

 panum generally slightly distinct. First finger a little shorter than 

 second ; toes not or but slightly fringed ; sul articular tubercles well 

 deyeloped ; two small metatarsal tubercles; a very distinct tarsal 

 fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the 

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between the shoulder and the eye. 

 Lower surfaces granulate. Lack with small waits. Brownish or 

 pinkish above, marbled with darker; loins, front and hinder side of 

 thighs and inner side of tibiae carmine. Male with a subgular 

 vocal sac. 



Australia. 



a. 2 . Kinp- George's Sound. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Several spec. : <S,2> Sydney. 

 & hprr. 



c-d, e. cj ?• Port Essington. Dr. Fleming [P.]. 



/. $. Austrnlia. Dr. A. Gunther [P.]. 



ff-h. 2 ■ Australia. G. Kreffi, Esq. [P.]. 



Yae. stolata. 



I ■ itignathus georgianus. Bell, Zool. Beagle, Sept. pi. 16. f. 4. 

 Crinia stolata, Cope, Jburn. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 18(57, p. 201. 



Back with strong dermal folds — one from each upper eyelid along 

 the back, approaching the other at scapulas; another from the pos- 

 terior angle of the eye to the side : two converging on parietal 

 regions and one on the middle of the snout. Middle of the back 



