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4. Phryniscus varius. 



Atelopiis varius, Stannius, Handh, der Zoot. 2. Aiijl. Amph. p. IG. 

 Phrynidiuni variuni, Martens, I. c. p. 40. 



Skin smooth ; muzzle rather elongate. Black, with smaller or 

 larger yellow si)ot.s ; lips and tips of the fingers yellow ; legs with 

 yellow spots or cross bands ; belly yellow. Vcragoa. 



5. Phryniscus olfersii. 



Phr\'niscus olfersii, Maricfis, Nomcnclntor Rcpt. Mm. Zonl. Bcrol. 

 lt<5G, p. 40. 



Skin entirelj' smooth ; humems shorter than the occiput is broad. 

 Fingers and toes quite free. Above brownish red, beneath paler ; 

 sides with a bro^vn, white-edged band from the muzzle. Brazil. 



Fam. 2. BRACHYCEPHALID^. 



BRAcnYCEPnALiNA with free toes, \sath the processes of sacral ver- 

 tebra dilated, and without paratoids. 



Si/nopsis of the Genera. 



1 . Pseudophryiie. Five distinct toes ; metatarsus with one or two 



small blunt tubercles. Australia. 



2. Brachycephalus. Back Anth a bony shield. Tropical America. 



3. Hemisus. Metatarsus with a flat, oval, sharp -edged spur. 



Africa. 



1. PSEUDOPHRYNE. 



Head moderate, \vitli distinct muzzle, rounded ; cleft of mouth 

 moderate ; extremities rather short ; teeth, none in jaws nor in 

 palate ; tongue elongate, free and entire behind. Eustachian tubes 

 rudimentary; no tpnpanum nor ca\nim tympani* ; skin smooth, 

 with some flat \varts ; metatarsus with one or two small blunt 

 tubercles ; fingers four, toes five, all C]uite free. Males ^^•ith an in- 

 ternal subgular vocal sac. Australia. 



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PhrjTiiscus, sp., Dmn. 4' -Bibr. 

 Pseudophryne, Fitzinger, Syst. Rept, p. 32. 

 Bombinator, sp., Gray. 



1. Pseudophryne australis. 



Bombinator australis, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18.35, p. 57 ; Eyre, Journ. 



E.rpv{l Centr. Austr. i. App. p. 407. pi. 1. f. 1. 

 Phryniscus albifrons, Diun. .y Ribr. ix. p. 41-3. pi. 100. f. 3. 



* I have only examined the slructiu-e of tlic ear in Fscudophryne australis. 



