410 HYLID.E. 



122. Hyla vagabunda. 



Hvla vngabunda, Peters fy Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xiii. 1878, 

 p. 424, pi. G. f. 3. 



Tongue large, cordiform. Vomerine teeth in two transverse 

 groups between the choanal. Snout rounded, scarcely longer than 

 the diameter of the eye ; canthus rostralis rounded ; tympanum half 

 the diameter of the eye. Fingers free ; no distinct rudiment of 

 pollex ; toes somewhat more than half webbed : disks moderate. 

 Skin smooth above ; belly and lower surface of thighs granulate ; a 

 very distinct fold across the chest. Blue above ; a whitish line from 

 the tip of the snout, through the eye, to the shoidder ; whitish be- 

 neath. From snout to vent 37 millim. 



New Guinea. 



123. Hyla arfakiana. 



Hyla arfakiana, Peters 8f Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xiii. 1878, 

 p. 421, pi. 6. f. 2. 



Tongue suboval, indistinctly Dicked and free behind. Vomerine 

 teeth in two oblique series between the choanae. Head as long as 

 broad ; snout acuminate, longer than the diameter of the orbit ; 

 canthus rostralis angular, straight ; lorcal region not very oblique ; 

 interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very 

 small, not quite one third the diameter of the eye. Fingers free ; 

 no distinct rudiment of pollex ; toes two-thirds webbed ; disks of 

 fingers half the diameter of the eye, of toes smaller ; subarticular 

 tubercles small. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 

 bodj r , the tibio-tarsal artievdation reaches a little beyond the tip of 

 the snout. Skin smooth above ; belly and lower surface of thighs 

 granulate; heel with a short triangular dermal appendage. (Colour 

 ver}' variable.) Upper surfaces with a few dark spots and a large 

 dark hourglass-shaped spot on the back, commencing between the 

 eyes ; loreal region dark ; hinder side of thighs purplish brown ; 

 beneath brownish, mottled with greyish. From snout to vent 

 57 millim. 



New Guinea. 



a. 5 . N. Guinea. 



124. Hyla aurea. 



Hyla aurea, Gunth. Cat. p. 1 14. 

 liana aurea, Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool. ii. p. GO, pi. 7. f. 2. 

 Ranoidea jacksoniensis, (Bibr.) Tschudi, L'atr. p. 79. 

 Hyla jacksoniensis, Dion. 8f Bibr. p. 002 ; Gray, in Grey's Joarn. 



Dip. Austr. pi. 8. f. 3 (without name). 

 Eanoidea resplendens, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. vi. 1853, p. 422, and 



U.S. Expl. Exped., Herp. p. 48, pi. 3. f. 7-12. 



aurea, Girard, U.S. Explor. Exped., Herp. p. 48. 



Litoria aurea, Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1804, p. 49. 



Hyla aurea, Steindaclm. Novara, Amph. p. 01 ; Kef erst. Arch. f. Na- 



"turg. 1808, p. 284, pi. 7. f. 18 & 19. 

 Chirodryas ramformis, Keferst. Gotting. Naehr. 1807, p. 358. 



