196 OYSTIGNATHID^. 



beiug carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaches hardly the eye. Skin smooth below, slightly granular upon 

 the lateral, gluteal, and occipital regions ; a delicate dermal fold on 

 the median line of the back ; palms and soles granular ; outer me- 

 tatarsal tubercle very small. Above chestnut ; a white lino ex- 

 tends from the end of the snout to the knee-joint ; beneath this a 

 broad black band extends to the same position ; upper surfaces of 

 hind limbs and anal region blackish brown ; inferior surface of hind 

 limbs and sides of belly spotted with brown : upper lip yellow. 

 Very small. 

 Eastern Cuba. 



y, Phyllobates cystignathoides. 



Pliyllobates cystignathoides, Cope, Proc. Amer. Pldlos. 8vc. xvii. 

 1877, p. m. 



Habit of Hylodes rliodGjpis. Snout rather elongate, narrowed, 

 rounded, not projecting much beyond the lip ; nostril nearer the 

 tip of the snout than the eye ; tympanum very distinct, half the 

 diameter of the orbit. Disks of fingers and toes moderate ; sub- 

 articular tubercles prominent ; two metatarsal tubercles. The hind 

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

 lation marks the middle of the eye. Skin entirely smooth. Eeddish 

 brown above, leather-brown beneath ; back thickly spotted with 

 large blackish spots ; sides marbled with lighter and darker ; upper 

 lip with a few pale spots ; limbs obscurely cross-banded. 



Cordova, Vera Cruz. 



4. Phyllobates melanorhinus. 



Phyllobates melanorhinus, G'unth. Cat. p. 01 . 

 Phyllobates melanorhinus, Herthohl, Gottinij. Nachr. 1845, p. 43, and 

 Ablutndl. Ges. Wiss. Gotting. iii. 1840, p. 14, pi. 1. f. 7; Keferst. 

 Gotting. Nadir. 1867, p. 354. 



Snout broad, rounded, with angular canthus rostralis ; tympanum 

 distinct, half the diameter of the eye. First finger longer than 

 second ; disks of fingers and toes small. Skin everywhere smooth. 

 Uniform greyish yellow above, blackish beneath ; snout blackish ; 

 limbs variegated with blackish or grey. Male with a vocal sac. 



Colombia. 



5. Phyllobates hylaeformis. 



Phyllobates hyheformis, Cope, Jouni. Ac, Philud. (n. s.) viii. 1870, 

 p. 107, pi. 23. f. 8, 



Habit of a Hyla. Snout rounded, depressed, not produced ; can- 

 thus rostralis obtuse ; loreal region oblique ; intcrorbital space wide ; 

 tympanum one sixth of orbit. Disks of fingers and toes rather large. 

 Skin smooth above and below. Colour above rich brown, divided 

 on the vertebral line by a narrow red stripe : thighs light brown 



