2] 8 CYSXIGNATHID^. 



39. Hylod.es whymperi. 



Habit of Hyla arborea. Tongue oval, entire. Vomerine teeth in 

 two oblique series behind the choante. Snout rounded, as long as 

 the orbital diameter, with distinct canthus rostralis ; nostril nearer 

 the tip of the snout than the eye ; interorbital space a little broader 

 than the upper eyelid; tympanum hidden. Pingers moderate, first 

 shorter than second ; toes moderate, quite free ; disks and subarti- 

 cular tubercles moderate ; two metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb 

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

 reaches the angle of the mouth. Skin of upper surfaces tubercular ; 

 on the back the tubercles are confluent into more or less distinct 

 longitudinal lines ; belly granular. Dark olive-brown above, some- 

 times with a few light spots, greyish or reddish brown ; immaculate, 

 or marbled with dark brown, beneath ; upper lip whitish ; some- 

 times the front and hinder sides of the thighs tinged with magenta- 

 red. Male with an internal subgular vocal sac. From snout to 

 vent 27 millim. 



Ecuador. 



a-b.S2- Tortorillas, Chimborazo Edward Whymper, Esq. [C.]. 



(13,200 feet). 

 c. 5 . Cotocachi (13,(J00 feet). Edward Whymper, Esq. [C.]. 



40. Hylodes curtipes. (Plate XIV. fig. 6.) 



Tongue oval, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in two 

 oblique groups considerably behind the choanag. Snout rounded, as 

 long as the orbital diameter ; canthus rostralis distinct ; nostril 

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

 than the upper eyelid, with a median concavity formed by a fronto- 

 parietal fontauelle ; tympanum slightly distinct, about one third the 

 diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first shorter than second ; 

 toes short, free, slightly fringed ; disks of fingers and toes very 

 small ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; two metatarsal tubercles. 

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

 tarsal articulation reaches the shoulder. Skin of upper surfaces 

 with small tubercles ; back with more or less distinct glandular 

 longitudinal folds ; belly granular. Olive above, with iudistinct 

 darker markings, sometimes spotted with white, or with a brown 

 vertebral band ; a dark streak from the tip of the snout, through the 

 eye to the shoulder ; sides of body marbled with dark brown ; 

 beneath generally immaculate, whitish. 



Ecuador. 



a. Many spec, J . Intac. Mr. Buckley [C.]. 



I have hesitated to place this species in the genus Hylodes, the 

 apical dilatation of the fingers and toes being very weak, and an 



