II ATKACniA SALI KXTI A . 



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half-webljed, with iudi.stiuct tubercles ; first cimeiforni bone with a 

 Hat, oval, shaqi-edgcd spur. Skin smooth, A\^th some small, indi- 

 stinct tubercles ; head above covered with moveable, smooth skin. 

 Nostril near the muzzle, very near the canthus rostrahs ; cleft of 

 mouth moderate ; tongue cordiform, free and deeply notched behind ; 

 in the males on each side of the tongue a cleft for the vocal sac ; 

 vocal sac external, formed by two lateral bladders communicating 

 in the middle. Inner narcs and eustachian tubes moderate ; tjnn- 

 pauum round(>d, distinct. Vomerine teeth in two oblique series, con- 

 vergent behind, but AAith an interspace between. Above yellowish 

 bro\\Ti, -nath a yellow dorsal band extending from the snout to the 

 anus ; u])])er parts with dark brown, sometimes confluent spots ; 

 crown with two oblique brown streaks beginning on the upper eye- 

 lid, convergent to^-ards behind, and separated by the yellow band ; 

 u brown streak from the eye along the canthus rostralis ; beneath 

 nearly uniform ^hite ; throat and vocal sacs brown. Size of Pdohates 

 fusciis. 



6. CALYPTOCEPHALUS. 



Habit toad-like ; head covered with a rugose shield ; extremities 

 short. Vomerine teeth forming an interrupted cross series between 

 the internal nostrils ; tongaie oval, entire and free behind. Eusta- 

 chian tubes rather large ; tympanum distinct. Fingers free ; toes 

 half- webbed ; a large blunt tubercle at the metacarpus. Male with 

 a vocal sac on each side of the throat. Chili, 



Calj'ptocephalus, Bibr. 3Iiis. Paris ; Dum. ^ Bibr. viii. p. 447. 

 Peltocephalus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 81. 



1. Calyptocephalus gayi. 



Cahi^tocephalus gap, Bibr. 3Iiis. Paris ; Dum. ^- Bibr. p. 460. 

 Peltocephalus quoyi, Tschudi, I. c. 



Above olive , varied with darker. 



a. Adult : skeleton. Chili. From M. Braconier's Collection. 



7. CYCLORHAMPHUS. 



Habit moderate ; head short, flat, rounded in front. Fingers free ; 

 toes half-webbed, the tirst cuneiform bone forming a small rounded 

 prominence. Skin quite smooth. Vomeiine teeth in two small 

 groups ; tongue entire and free behind, oval ; eustachian tubes small, 

 tjTnpanimi hidden. Male Avithout vocal sac. Chili. 



Cycloramphus, sp., Tschudi, Batr. p. 81 ; Dum. i^- Bibr. viii. p. 452. 



1. Cyclorhamphus marmoratns. 



Cycloramphus mannoratus, Dum. ^- Bibr. p. 455; Tschudi, in Wiegm. 

 Arch. 1845, p. 167. 



Brownish, marbled with black, often with small while spots. 



