248 CTSTIGNATHID^. 



Cystignatbus ocellatxis, Sfeuidaclm. I. c. pi. 11. f. 1. 



— — ecliinatus, Brocchi, Bull. Soc. Philom: (7) i. p. 181. 



Leptodactvlus echiuatus, Brocchi, Mm. Sc. Mex., Batr. p. 18, pi, -1. 



f. 4. 

 luelanonotiis, Brocchi, I. c. p, 20. 



Tongue oval, nicked behind. Vomeriiie teeth in two slightly 

 curved series behind the choanfc. Snoxit rounded, slightly longer - 

 than the greatest orbital diameter ; nostril nearer the tip of tho 

 snout than the eye ; interorbital space as broad as or a little nar- 

 rower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum two thirds the width of 

 the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending slightly beyond second ; 

 toes moderate, very conspicuously fringed ; subnrticular tubercles 

 well developed ; two small metatarsal tubercles. Tho hind limb 

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

 reaches the eye, or a little beyond. Skin smooth, with a few scattered 

 small warts above ; a ventral diseoidal fold. Brownish or olive above, 

 with indistinct darker markings ; a large angular spot on the occi- 

 put ; hinder side of thighs marbled or reticulated with dark brown ; 

 beneath more or less spotted with bi'own or grey. Male with an 

 internal vocal sac, and two spine-beariug tubercles on the inner side 

 of the first digit. 



Tropical America. 



ehuantencc. 



P. Geddes, Esq. [0.1. 

 Mr. Bucklev [C.l. 

 Mr. A. H. Roff [C.]. 

 W. A. Forbes, Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. 0. Wucherer. 

 Mus. Guilding. 



18. Leptodactylus podicipinus. = /X 



Cystignatbus podicipinus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. ]8C2f p. 156. 



Tongue oval, subemarginate. Vomerine teeth in two short sepa- 

 rate rows behind the choana>. Snout rounded, a little prominent ; 

 tympanum half the size of the eye. • First finger longer than second ; 

 toes with margins as wide as a phalanx, which unite at their bases, 

 forming a slight web : a tarsal fold continuous with that of the 

 internal digit, except where interrupted by a spur-like tubercle. 

 Skin smooth, except a few minute warts on the coccygeal region. 

 Above brown ; an elongate, darker, triangular spot between the 

 eyes ; a yellowish line extends beneath the eye to the angle of the 

 mouth ; femora indistinctly banded, posteriorly marbled with 

 Idackish ; tibiae with three brown bands; beneath yellowish brown, 

 with numerous yellow spots. 



Paraguay. 



This species is perhaps not specifically distinct from the next. 



