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some black spots on the loin and on the hijider part of the 

 upper leg ; the cHsks appear to be rather larger, and there 

 IS a very distinct web between the fingers. 

 o, rr Adidt and half-grown. China. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 p. Adult female. Clmia. From Mr. Cuming's Collection 

 V^'* fl!"^* '?'! Ji'^^f-g™^- China. From Mr. Cuming's CoUection 

 ,/.. Adult: skeleton. China. From Mr. Cuming's CoUection. 



II. Var. japonica. S])ot on the loin and streak through the 

 eye wantmg In Schlegel's description {Fauna Japon. 

 p. 1 1 2). another fi-og is confounded with this variety Only 

 fig. of the third plate in that work belongs to //. arhorea- 

 see Polypedates schlegelii. 



w, aa. Adult and half-grown. Japan. From the Leyden Mu.seum 

 66. Adult. Japan. From the Lej-den Museum*. 



30. Hyla euphorbiacea. (Plate X. fig. C.) 

 Vomerine teeth between the nostrils. Fingers not webbed ; a sHght 

 mdiment of a we^ between the first and second fingers; toes one- 

 third webbed; a fold across the chest; t^-mpanum one-third the si/e 

 ot the eye ; tongue circular, hardly nicked liehind. Above o-reyish 

 (m spmt.s greenish olive), A^th a grey streak from the nostril throu-h 

 the eye, widening on the sides and reaching to the loin ; the hinder 

 sides ot the thighs white-spotted. 



a. Adult male. Cordova. From M. 8aUe's CoUection 



6. Adult male CordUleras. From M. Parzudaki's CoUection as 



H. pulchella. 

 c, d. Adult. Mexico. From M. SaUe's CoUection 

 e. Adult : skeleton. Mexico. From M. SaUe's CoUection. 

 . / ff^erly considered this American species to be a climatal va- 

 nety of ffi/h arhorea ; but M. 8aUe, who coUected the greater part 

 ot the specimens, has afibrded me such infonnation. that I no loii-er 

 adhere to my former opinion. The American species never fuUv 

 attains to the size of the European, the ground-colour is always grey 

 or greyisn, never green, and the voice is much less vigorous and dit^ 

 terent in intonation. M. SaUe generaUy found it resting on the lar-e 

 euphorbiaceous plants. From the great simUarity of aU the out- 

 ward characters to Hi,1a arhorea, and from the figure in Plate X it 

 w-iU not be necessaiT to give a fuU description. The toes appear' to 

 be proportiouaUy a little more slender. 



The results of a comparison of the skeletons of the Eiu-opean and 

 Chinese varieties of ffyla arhorea and of If. euphorhiacea are, that 



* In the "Zoology" of the 'Voyage an Pole Sud et dans TOc^ame sur lea 

 Correttesl Astrolabe et la Zelee.' Part '• Reptiles et Poissons, par Sui^Tt 

 Guiehenot/' anotl>er variety o^Hyla .>ridis Is described at p. 25^ and ^ed in 

 £. M' ^" ' \' ^^^ f^""^- lighter-edged spots. Tl.e figure does not appear 

 to be very well executed, and tl.e country where it was found is not „!^'tion^ 



