208 CTSTlGNAXHIDJi. 



rudimeut of web; disks very small; subarticular tubercles well 

 developed ; two small metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb being 

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

 the eye, or a little beyond. Skin smooth, sometimes minutely 

 granular on the head and back. Light brown above, spotted or 

 marbled with dai'k brown ; a more or less defined light stripe on 

 each side; hind limbs not cross-barred. Male with a subgular 

 vocal sac. 

 West Indies. 



a-a. cS2- S. Domingo. M. Salle [C.]. 



c, f, (/. 5 & hgr. S. Domingo. 



h-i. c?$. St. Thomas. Mus. Copenhag. [P.]. (As typi- 



cal oiH.riisei.') 



15. Hylodes luteolus. 



Ilylodes luteolus, Gilnth. Cat. p. 93. 

 Litoria luteola, Gosse, Nat. 8oJ. Jamaica, p. 360, pi. 7. 



Tongue elliptic, entire. Yomerine teeth in two long arched 

 series across the palate, behind the choanse. Sjiout conical, trun- 

 cate, with moderate canthus rostralis, slightly longer than the 

 orbital diameter ; nostril much nearer the tip of the snout than the 

 eye ; interorbital space broader than the upjDer eyelid ; tympanum 

 distinct, nearly two thirds the diameter of the eye. Fingers mode- 

 rate, first and second equal ; toes moderate, with a rudimentary 

 web ; disks very small ; subarticular tubercles well developed ; two 

 small metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches hardly the orbit. 

 Skin smooth, granular under the thighs ; a ventral disk. Brown, 

 dark-speckled ; a daik-brown band from the tip of the snout through 

 the eye to the shoulder ; hiud limbs cross-barred ; sometimes a light 

 vertebral line and another on the hinder side of the thighs ; brownish 

 beneath. 



West Indies. 



a, h. 5 . Jamaica. Mr. Gosse [P.]. 



c. $ . Jamaica. Capt. Parry [P.]. 



16. Hylodes planirostris. 



Ilylodus planirostris, Cv^k; Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 153. 



Tongue elongate, oval, slightly nicked. Vomerine teeth in two 

 long curved series, commencing behind and opposite to the external 

 border of the inner nares ; they are separated by a considerable 

 space mesially. Snout abruptly truncated ; tympanum half the 

 size of the eye. Disks of fingers and toes small ; two metatarsal 

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

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. Skin smooth above and 

 below ; sides rugose. General colour reddish brown ; the loreal 



