454 IIEMinrRACTIDiE. 



rounded. Lateral processes of the helmet strongly diverging ; the 

 distance from the extremity of one of these processes to the other 

 equals its distance from the tip of the snout, or more than three 



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Upper yiew of bead. 



times the width of the interorbital space, which is concave "with 

 prominent ridges ; tympanum large, oval, entirely turned backwards, 

 First finger longer than second ; toes one-third webbed : subarticu- 

 lar tubercles not very prominent ; a single metatarsal tubercle. The 

 hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the tip of the suout. Skin of back smooth, of 

 belly closely, of throat sparsely, granular ; a few conical tubercles 

 on the head ,and limbs ; a very short triangular dermal flap on the 

 heel. Back brown ; head and limbs greyish, the latter cross-barred 

 with brown ; hinder side of thighs grey, reticulated with blackish; 

 lower surface of tarsi and soles blackish ; lower surfaces dirty white, 

 the belly and limbs reticulated with brown. 

 Ecuador. 



a. $ ? Canelos. Mr. Buckley [C.]. 



3. Ceratohyla fasciata. 

 Heniiphractus fasciatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1862, p. 149, pi. 2. 



Tongue longer than broad. Snout with a very short pointed 

 dermal appendage ; upper eyelid rounded. Lateral processes of the 

 helmet slightly diverging ; the distance from the extremity of one 

 of these processes to the other equals its distance from the nostril, 

 or not quite twice and a half the width of the interorbital space ; 

 hinder edge of the helmet strongly arched ; tympanum large, oval, 

 obliquely turned backwards. Limbs and body as in 0. bubafotSi 

 Dark brown above, limbs cross-barred with blackish ; hinder side 

 of thighs reticulated with blackish ; lower surfaces brown, white- 

 spotted. 



Ecuador. 



a. d? Canelos. Mr. Buckley [C.]. 



