4. hyla. 38] 



blackish, light-edged line from the nostril to the eye, continued 

 behind the latter, covering entirely or partially the tympanum, not 

 extending beyond the shoulder ; a "whitish cross streak above the 

 vent ; a whitish line along the inner edge of the tibia and the outer 

 edgo of the tarsus, metatarsus, and fifth toe. 





Yak. C. (intermedia). 



Agrees with the typical form in having a lateral line and a mark 

 on the loin ; but the green extends on the sides of the throat, as in 

 var. meridionalis. 



v. 2- Bo/otffi. J. J. Eianconi [P.], 



$. ?. Palermo, Sicily. Er. 0. Boettger [P.]. 



Yak. D. (japonica). 



Ilyla arborea, var. japonica, Schleg. Faun. Japon. p. 11:?, pi. 3. f. 6. 

 japonica, Camerano, Atti Ace. Torin. xiv. 1879, p. 895. 



A narrow dark streak from nostril to eye ; a broad streak from 

 the eye, covering the tympanum ; sides with a dark, light-edged 

 streak not extending to the groin, or with irregular dark spots ; 

 back generally with large, irregular, constant dark spots ; limbs 

 with dark cross bands : upper lip light-margined. 



o-p. 2 & hgr. Japan. Eeyden Museum. 



■j!>. Hyla chinensis. 



1 1 via arborea, var. chinensis, Giinth. Cat. p. 10.-;, pi. ix. f. C. 

 Hyla chinensis. Giinth. Iicj>t. Brit. Ind. p. 43G ; Cumcrano, Atti Act. 



'Torin. xiv. Is71>, p. 894. 

 arborea, var. chinensis, Steindaehn, Xovara, Amph. p. 09. 



Abundantly different from H. arborea. The vomerine teeth are 

 more posterior, being situated on a level with, and extending some- 

 what beyond, the hinder edge of the choanal The head is rather 

 smaller, and the loreal region more vertical. The hind limb is 

 shorter, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaching only the tympanum or 

 the posterior border of the eye. Elue-grecn above, immaculate ; a 

 brown streak from the tip of the snout through the eye and the 

 tympanum to the shoulder ; sides of body and thighs with deep 

 black spots on a white ground : on the thighs the green is reduced 

 to a narrow band ; tarsi, feet, and hands not coloured ; beneath 

 whitish, immaculate. Male with a large external subgular vocal 

 sac ; during the breeding-season the inner side of the first digit 

 bears brown rugosities. From snout to vent 39 ruillim. 



Southern China. 



