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nostrils. Tongue louiid, entire ; eustachian tubes us large as inner 

 nostrils ; tympanum hidden. Sacral vertebra trihedral, pyramidal. 

 Australia. 



Ilt'leioporus, Gray, in Grei/'s Journ. West. Austral, p. 447. 

 Perialia, sp., Gray, in Eyres Journ. Ex2>ed. Centr. Austral, p. 407. 



1. Heleioporus albo-punctatus. 



GraT/, I. c. t. i. f. 2. 



Either brownisli ^\ith white rounded spots, or reddish white 

 marbled with brown. 



a. Adult male. West Australia. 



b. Adult male. Port Essington. Presented by Dr. Fleming. 



c. Adult female. Swan lliver. From Mr. Gilbert's Collection. 

 (I. Adult. Port J'ssington. Presented by Dr. Fleming. 



('. Half-grown. See Limnodijnastes dorsalis, No. d. 

 f. Half-grown. Australia. From the Collection of the Zoological 

 Society. 



Yomig animal. Above olive with more or less conspicuous brown 

 spots ; on the sides brown, darker spotted : — Perialia Eijrci, Gray 

 in Eyre's Journal, p. 407. t. 2. f. 3. 



(j-lc. West Australia. Bank of River MiuTay. Presented by E. J. 

 Eyre, Es(]. — Original specimens for Dr. Gray's figure and 

 description. 



Fam. 6. UPEROLIID^. 



IvANiNA with free toes, with the processes of sacral vertebra dilated, 

 and with paratoids. 



One genus. Australia. 



1. UPEROLEIA. 



Habit as in Pleurodcma : fingci's and toes rather slender, quite 

 free ; metatarsus \vith a roundish external and a smaU conical inner 

 tubercle. Skin rather wart}' ; on each side of the neck a large 

 paratoid. Vomerine teeth none. Touguc small, oblong, rounded, 

 entire behind ; eustachian tubes small, tympanum hidden. Male 

 with an internal subgular vocal sac with two openings. Sacral 

 vertebra not much extended. Australia. 



Upcroloia, Gray, in Capt. Grey^s West Atmtr. p. 448. 

 1 .'TJperoIeia marmorata. 



Gray, I. c. 

 Black and green marbled, leaving a triangular greenish .spot on 

 the forehead; beneath lead -coloured. 



a. Adult male, li" long: not good state. West Australia. 



