20. CETPTOTIS. 21. CR1NIA. 2G3 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue suboval, entire and free behind. 

 Vomerine teeth. Tympanum hidden. Fingers and toes free, the 

 tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals united. Omosternum rudimen- 

 tary ; sternum a cartilaginous plate. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra 

 slightly dilated. Terminal phalanges simple. 



Australia. 



1. Cryptotis brevis. 



Cryptotis brevis, Giinth. Ami. $ May. N. H. (3) xi. p. 27, pi. 4. 

 f. B; Steindachn. Nbvara, Amph. p. 30; Kef erst. Arch.f. Nature/. 

 1868, p. 268. 



Vomerine teeth in two small groups behind the choanse. Head 

 large in the male, moderate in the female ; two long tooth- 

 like processes in front of the lower jaw in the former ; these pro- 

 cesses indistinct in the latter. Snout rounded, longer thau the 

 orbital diameter ; canthus rostralis indistinct ; nostril nearer the 

 eye than the tip of the snout ; interorbital space broader than the 

 upper eyelid. Fingers moderate, first shorter than second ; in the 

 female the two inner fringed on their sides ; toes moderate, slightly 

 fringed ; subarticular tubercles well developed ; a small inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 

 body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the shoulder or tho angle 

 of the mouth. Skin smooth, or slightly tubercular on the back. 

 Olive-brown above, spotted with darker ; a large dark spot between 

 the eyes ; a dark streak from the tip of the snout to the eye ; limbs 

 cross-barred ; lower surfaces black- and white-marbled. Male with 

 a subgular vocal sac. 



Australia. 



a, b. <5 . Clarence Rivet. G. Krefft, Esq. [C.l (Types.) 



c. c?. Macquarie River. G. Krefft, Esq. [C.J. 



d. Manv sp. : $ , Macquarie River. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 

 ?,hgr.,&yg. 



21. CRINIA. 



Crinia, Tschudi, Batr. p. 78; Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1865, p. 114, and 



Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 95. 

 Cystignathus, Sp., Than. $ Bibr. \iii. p. -°.02; Giinth. Cat. p. 26. 

 Ranidella, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad, 1853, p. 421. 

 Pterophrynus, Liitken, Vidensk. Meddel. 1862, p. 302. 

 Camariofius, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 236. 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue elliptic, entire, and free behind. Vo- 

 merine teeth very slightly developed or absent. Tympanum slightly 

 distinct or hidden, or absent. Fingers and toes free, not dilated at 

 the tips. Outer metatarsals united. Omosternum cartilaginous; 

 sternum narrow, weak, cartilaginous. Diapophyses of sacral ver- 

 tebra slightly dilated. Terminal phalanges simple. 



Australia. 



