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3. Bnfo anomalus. 



CrowTi without bony enlargement, flat; paratoids of moflorate size 

 siihquadrangular ; tarsus with a series of smaU rough tubercles at the 

 inner edge ; first cuneiform bone with a sharp, horny edge, black as 

 m Idobates adtrljH'.^ ; the opposite tubercle much smaller, rounded 

 black at the t,p Toes half-^^■cbbed, the third finger longer than the 

 foiu-th, the third toe longer tlian tlie fifth. Upper parts and sides of 

 the neck with small spiny warts. Tympanum hidden, very small, 

 about onc-fift 1 of the eye. OUvc, upper and lateral parts ir-regularly 

 spotted with black ; beUy yellowish, with a few small black spots. 

 «. Adult male. Mexico. Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 



, ^n'^^^.f ^^'^ ^"'^^' ^*"' ^^"^^^ ''f the anterior extremity 1"- 

 length of the postenor extremity 2".-This interesting species differs 

 ironi al the others in ha%ing a sharp metatarsal tubercle and an ex- 

 ceedingly smaU tympanum. It may hereafter prove to be the t%-ne 

 of a separate genus. The denomination " anomalus " I foimd" on 

 the label of the bottle containing the animal, without any indication 

 where and by whom the name was given. 



4. Bufo calamita. 



Hoescl, Hkt. Han. t. 24 ; Pennant, Brit. Zool iii p 19 



Bufo calamita, Zr,^,;. Sfpi. liept. p. 27. t. 1. f. iT Daub. Ena,cl. iii. 



P- 290; Z««^.^i/,.,^ JV^„/ Q„„,/;, Ovip. I p. 592; Bonnat. Encycl. 



P:.18; ^«^- ^n>t. iL p. 114; Baud. Hist. Bain. p. 77, and Kept. 



Dehc.i^.br,- lUn,l. Hyst. p. 207 ; Elchic. Zool. Spec. in. p. 167 



^Tn !'% f- Pi f.?^J ^''^''"^'' ^^''•- P- «8 ; ^onap. Faun. Ital. 

 JSell, lint. Kept. p. 116. fig. . ' 



Rana fcetidissima, Herni. Af. Anim. Tab. p. 260 



-— PjOrtentosa, Blumenb. Handh. p. 243 ; Sturm, Deidscldands Fauna, 



Bufo cruciatus, Schneid. Hist. Amph. p. 193. 

 Rana mephitica, SJuw, Zool. iii. p. 149 



^'%itsoc\8m"\f'^' ^"""' P' ^'^^' '^""^"' '" ^''"'"- <^«'"^'"- 



portentosus, Schinz, Fauna Helvet. p. 144. 



viridis, part., Bum. ^ Bibr. p. 681. 



Crown without bony enlargement. Paratoids eUiptic, not black- 

 edged ; a paratoid-like gland on the upper side of legs. T^mipanum 

 hidden. Toes half- webbed. Brownish, with rounded bhiVk spots • 

 a yellowish vertebral Hue, sometimes wanting ; bcUv whitish' 

 generally black-spotted. " ^ ^^^tisn, 



a-c. Adult and young. Blackheath. 



d, e. Adult. Cambridgeshii-e. 



/. Adult. Keny, Ireland. Presented by Dr. Purcell. 



g, h. Young. Hambm-g. Presented by'Dr. Fricker 



1. Adult. Calais. Presented by W. Leach, M.D 



