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pannm three fourths the diameter of the eye. Fingers and toes 

 fring-ed, dilated into small disks ; subarticular tubercles well deve- 

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

 foot extends beyond the tip of the snout. Skin smooth ; belly gra- 

 nular. Fulvous above, clouded with reddish brown ; limbs cross- 

 barred. 



30. Hylodes auriculatus. 



Hylodes ricordii, Gi'mth. Cat. p. 92. 

 Hylodes auriculatus, Cojie, Proc. Ac. Philad; 1862, p. 152. 

 antillensis, Peinh. 8r Liitk. Videtisk. Meddel. 1862, p. 209. 



Tongue oval, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in two 

 oblique, slightly arched series behind and between the choanse. 

 Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter ; canthus rostralis 

 angular; nostril much nearer the tip of the snout than the eye; 

 interorbital space as broad as, or a little broader than, the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum distinct, half the diameter of the eye, close to it. 

 Fingers moderate, first slightly shorter than second ; toes short, 

 first as long as second, free ; disks large ; two metatarsal tubercles. 

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

 tarsal articulation reaches nearly the tip of the snout. Skin with 

 small glandules above, granular on the belly. Brown above, mar- 

 bled with daiker ; a more or less distinct dark streak from the tip 

 of the snout through the eye to the shoulder ; limbs indistinctly 

 cross-barred. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



West Indies. 



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31. Hylodes martinicensis. 



Hylodes martinicensis, Gimth. Cat. p. 92. 

 Hylodes martinicensis, Tschudi, Batr. p. 77; Duin. 8/- Bib?: p. 620, 

 pi. 89. f. 2; Steindaclin. Novara, Amph. p. 65 ; Bavay, Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. (.5) xvii. art. 16 ; Peters, Mon. Bed. Ac. 1876, p. 709, pi. i. 



Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 

 two small oblique series behind the choanse. Snout obtuse, as long 

 as the greatest orbital diameter ; canthus rostralis angular ; nostril 

 much nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; interorbital space 

 as broad as, or broader than, the upper eyelid ; tympanum scarcely 

 half the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first as long as, or 

 a little shorter than, the second ; toes moderate, without distinct 

 web; disks well developed; two small metatarsal tubercles. The 

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

 articulation reaches the eye or beyond. Upper surfaces smooth or 

 with smaU glandules ; belly granular ; a ventral disk. Greyish or 

 brownish above, with indistinct darker markings on the head and 

 back, and cross bars on the hind limbs ; a dark streak below the 



