IIATUACHIA SALIKNTIA. 15 



metatarsus witli one tubcivlo ; vomerine teeth in two small groni)s 

 between the inner nostiils. 



a. Adnlt : fine specimen. Xew York. As Rana magna. 



b. Adult. Philadelphia. From Mr. Cuming's Collection (Rana 



fontinaJis). 



c. Half-grown. Georgia. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 <■/, e. Adult. North America. 



/. Adult. North America. 



(/. Adult. North America. 



h. Adult: skeleton. United States. 



14. Bana mugiens. 



Bull-frog, Cat. Nat. Hist. Carol, ii. p. . t. 72 ; Dnuhent. Diet. Anim. 

 Quadr. Ovip. p. 655 ; Lacep. Quadr. Ovip. i. 541 ; Bonnat. Ophiol. 



Rana catesbiana, Shan-, Zoo/, iii. p. lOG. 



mugiena, Mcrr. Tc/d. p. 175 ; Wagl. Si/st. p. 203 ; Tschudi, Batr. 



p. 79 : Dam. ^- Bihr. p. 370. 

 pipions, IlarJ. in Sillim. Journ. x. p. 62, and Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. 



Philad. V. p. 3-')5; Cuv. Regne Anim. ; Holbr. N. Amer. Herpetol. 



iv. p. 77. pi. 18. 



Tympanum very large ; sldn smooth, without glandular folds ; 

 toes broadly webbed, fourth one-fourth longer than third and fifth ; 

 metatarsus with one tubercle ; vomerine teeth in two groups between 

 the inner nostrils. 



a. Large specimen : bleached. North Amei-ica. Old Collection. 



h. Large specimen. North Ameiica. Purchased of Mr. Jararach. 



c. Large specimen. North America. 



rl. Adult. North America. 



e, f. Adult : bad state. North America. 



q.h. Adult : stuffed. Delaware. Presented bv Edward Doubledav, 



Esq. 

 ». Adult : skin. North America. Piux-hased of Mr. Thomas. 

 /-. Adult : skeleton. America. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



15. Rana lecontii. 



Kana lecontii, Baird i^- Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sr. Philad. 1853, p. 301. 



Snout moderatelj- pointed ; tongue elongate ; tympanum half the 

 width of the eye ; skin quite smooth, on each side a glandular fold. 

 Above dark olive, with rather large, circular black spots, lighter in 

 the centre ; a whitish line from just below the eye to the shoulder ; 

 a black spot at the base of the arm in front. Metatarsus -with one 

 tubercle ; vomerine teeth in two small groups between the inner 

 nostrils. San Francisco. 



«, b. Half-grown. Mexico. J'rom M. Salle's Collection. 

 c. Half-grown. Mexico. From M. Salle's Collection. 



