4. btjfo. 325 



orbital, and an orbito-tympanic ; snout acuminate, prominent : loreal 

 region very concave ; interorbital space much broader than tbe 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, about two tbirds tbe width of 

 the eye. Eirst finger not extending beyond second ; toes balf or 

 two-thirds webbed, with double subarticular tubercles ; two moderate 

 metatarsal tubercles ; a short tarsal fold. The hind limb being 

 carried forwards along tho body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation 

 reacbes between the shoulder and the tympanum. Upper surfaces 

 covered with small tubercles ; parotoids moderate, transverse, rather 

 indistinct. Brownish above, marbled with darker ; sometimes a 

 light vertebral stripe ; beneath immaculate. Male with a subgular 

 vocal sac. 

 \V. Indies. 



a-c, d, e. c? , ? , & yg. S. Domingo. 



/. ? . S. Domingo. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



'y-li-6%. Hayti. J. Hearne, Esq. [P.]. 



74. Bufo peltocepbalus. 



Bufo peltocepbalus, Giinth. Cat. p. 67. 

 Bufo peltocepbalus, (Bibr.) Tschudi, Bab; p. 69 ; Bibr. in Ramon de 



la Sagra, Hist. Cuba, Rept. pi. 30 ; Dum. 8f Bibr. p. 712. 

 Peltopbryne peltocephala, Fitzing. Syst. Rept. i. p. 32. 



Upper view of bead. 



Derm of head involved in cranial ossification ; crown with pro- 

 minent ridges, viz. a canthal, a supraorbital, a postorbital, and an 

 orbito-tympanic ; cantbal ridge not confluent with supraorbital, 

 ending in a knob ; supraorbital and postorbital ridges forming 

 a right angle ; snout short, blunt : interorbital space much broader 

 than the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, two thirds or half 

 the width of the eye. First finger not extending beyond second; 

 tors half webbed; subarticular tubercles double under tbe last 

 phalanges of fourth toe : two moderate metatarsal tubercles; a short 



