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extensive fontanelle being present. It bears, bowever, sncb analogy 

 to H. btaJclt'i/i tbat I do not think it should be separated generically 

 from it. H. curtipes is evidently a link towards the genus Bor- 

 borocoetes, 



41. Hylodes leptopus. 



Hylodes leptopus, Giinth. Cat. p. 93. 

 Batrachyla leptopus, Bell, Zuol. Beagle, Rept. p. 43, pi. 18. f. 5 ; 



Esimda, ViaJ. Pad/., Vertehr. pi. 3. f. 6. 

 Hylodes leptopus, Cumiingham, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 468. 

 Cystignathus macrodactylus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 18. 



Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked behind. Yomerine teeth in 

 two small groups between the choanae. Snout rounded, as long as 

 the orbital diameter ; canthus rostralis indistinct ; nostril equally 

 distant from the eye and the tip of the snout ; interorbital space as 

 broad as, or a little broader than, the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 distinct, half the diameter of the eye. Fingers long, first much 

 shorter than second ; toes moderate, with a slight rudiment of web ; 

 tips of fingers and toes dilated, truncate ; the terminal phalanges 

 bent down, as those of a man playing on the pianoforte ; subarticular 

 tubercles well developed ; two small metatarsal tubercles. The hind 

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

 lation reaches the eye. Skin of upper surfaces with small smooth 

 tubercles ; belly granular. Olive above, marbled with blackish ; a 

 blackish triangular spot between the eyes, another from eye to lip ; 

 generally two large spots on each side of the body ; limbs cross- 

 barred. Male with a subgular vocal sac, and brown rugosities on 

 the inner side of the first finger. 



Chili ; W. coast of Patagonia. 



C. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. (Type.) 

 Dr. Cunniugham [P.]. 



Dr. Coppinger [C.]. (Types of 

 Cystignathus 7nacrodactglus.) 



42. Hylodes galdii. 



Pristimantis galdi, Espada, Jam. Sc. Lisb. iii. (1870) p.61,a?irf ViaJ. 

 Pad/., Vei-tebr. pi. 3 bis. f. 6. 



Tongue oval. Vomerine teeth in two oblique, slightly arched 

 series, beginning from the inner hinder edge of the choanae. Snout 

 Bubtriangular, truncate, with acute canthus rostralis ; fronto- 

 parietals with prominent serrated edges ; tympanic bones also 

 forming a serrated crest ; tympanum distinct. Fingers and toes 

 free, long and slender, with well-developed disks. Hind limbs long. 

 Skin minutely granular above ; belly granular. Belly dark, white- 

 spotted. 



Ecuador. 



