390 HYLIDA 



eye. Fingers one-third webbed ; no projecting rudiment of pollex ; 

 toes three-fourths webbed ; disks smaller than the tympanum; sub- 

 articular tubercles rather indistinct. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches nearly 

 the tip of the snout. Skin smooth, granulate on the belly and 

 under the thighs. Eose-coloured above, the back scarcely dotted 

 with violet ; a purplish-brown band round the snout through the 

 eye along the sides to the loin ; upper arm and thigh not coloured ; 

 beneath whitish, immaculate. From snout to vent 27 millim. 

 Ecuador. 



a. Hgr.? Andes of Ecuador. Mr. Eraser [0.]. (Type.) 



77. Hyla strigilata. 



Hyla strigilata, Spix, Spec. Nov. Test Ran. p. 38, pi. 10. f. 3; Peters, 

 Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, pp. 214 & 680. 



Tongue subcircular, openly emarginate and very slightly free 

 behind. Vomerine teeth in two small transverse groups between 

 the choanaj. Head as long as broad ; snout prominent, longer than 

 the diameter of the eye ; loreal region slightly concave ; tympanum 

 distinct, one third the diameter of the eye. Outer fingers one-fourth 

 webbed ; toes half webbed ; disks and subarticular tubercles mode- 

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

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Upper surfaces 

 slightly tubercular ; belly and lower surface of thighs granulate. 

 Upper surfaces brown-spotted ; limbs cross-barred ; loins blackish, 

 light-spotted ; beneath, marbled with brown. From snout to vent 

 42 millim. 



Brazil. 



78. Hyla peronii. 



Hyla peronii, Giinth. Cat. p. 112. 

 Dendrohyas peronii, (Bibr.) Tschvdi, Batr. p. 75. 

 Hyla peronii, Dum. 8f Bibr. p. 5G9 ; Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, 



p. 250, pi. 30. f. A & B ; Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 60 ; Keferst. 



Arch.f. Naturg. 1868, p. 282, pi. 8. f. 30 & 31. 



Tongue subcircular or suboval, free and slightly nicked behind. 

 Vomerine teeth in two transverse groups between the choanse. 

 Head moderate, a little broader than long ; snout rounded, as long 

 as the diameter of the orbit ; canthus rostralis rounded ; loreal 

 region oblique, slightly concave ; interorbital space as broad as the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, two thirds the diameter of 

 the eye. Fingers half webbed, or nearly so ; no distinct rudiment 

 of pollex ; toes nearly entirely webbed ; disks large, those of the 

 fingers somewhat more than half the diameter of the eye; sub- 

 articular tubercles moderate ; a distinct fold along the inner edge 

 of tbe tarsus. The hind limb being carried forwards along tbe 

 body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout 



