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8. Hyla doumercii. 



Dum. 4" Sibi: Erpitol. Gener. p. 551. 



Fingers very slightly webbed ; head short ; tympanum large ; 

 loreal region not grooved. Above uniform dark olive, beneath 

 whitish. Siuinam. 



9. Hyla punctata. 



Calamita pimetata, Schneid. Hist. Amph. p. 170. 

 Hyla punctata, Daiid. Itain. p. 41, and /?<^;<. viii. p. 81 ; Gravenh. 

 'Delic. p. ;$0. t. (). f. 2 ; JJum. l*)- liibr. p. 552 ; Biinneister, I. c. p. 104. 

 Hyla variolosa, Sjnx, Spec. Nov. Test. t. 9. f. 4. 



Fingers veiy slightly webbed ; head short ; tympanum not quite 

 half the width of eye ; eyelid tense ; loreal region not grooved. 

 Above light brown, on each side a white stripe, and back with white 

 spots. lirazil (North) ; Siuinam. 



10. Hyla leprieurii. 



Dion. >^'- Bibr. Erpctol. Gener. p. 55.3. 



The three outer fingers one-third webbed ; head short ; loreal 

 region concave. Above greyish, Avith large brown-cross bands ; 

 beneath white. South America. 



11. Hyla multifasciata. (Plate YIII. fig. D.) 



Fingers very slightly webbed ; head as long as broad ; loreal 

 region flat ; skin smooth ; all upper parts with brown, white-edged 

 cross-bands ; beneath white. 



a. Adult. Para. From Mr. Stevens's Collection. 



Description of the specimen. — Habit slender ; head rather large, as 

 long as broad, with rather pointed muzzle and not rounded canthus 

 rostrahs ; loreal region flat, not grooved ; eyes rather large ; nostrils 

 lateral, near the end of muzzle ; tympanum oval, half the width of 

 eye ; upper parts and throat qiiite smooth ; legs slender ; metatarsus 

 with one small tubercle ; toes broadly webbed, but the membrane 

 not reacliing the tip of the toes ; third toe nearly as long as fifth ; 

 foiu'th one-foiu'th longer than fifth ; tarsus with a low cutaneous 

 fold; fingers slender, very shghtly webbed. Disks moderate. Tongue 

 cordiform, but very shghtly notched behind ; vomerine teeth be- 

 tween the interior nostrils, arranged in two curved hues, foi-ming 

 together an arch \vith tlie convexity forwai'd ; interior nastrils rather 

 large, eustachian tubes much smaller. Above light reddish brown ; 

 body from the snout to the anus, and the extremities with brown, 

 white-edged cross-bands ; loreal region brown, a brown Hne from 

 the back edge of eye above the tympanimi. Length of body 1-1"; 

 length of hinder extremity .3" ; length of front extremity 1J-" ; length 

 of tarsus f". 



