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] . Hylaplesia tinctoria. 



Linu. AmwH. i. p. 50(3; Bomuit. Encycl. p. 10. 



Calamita tinctorius, Schneid. Hist. Amph. p. 175; Merr. Tent. p. 1G9. 



Raua tinctoria, Shaw, den. Zool. iii. p. 1,35. 



II via tinctoria, Lutr. JRipt. ii. p. 170; Daud. Sain. p. 25. pi. 8, and 



Itrpt. viii. p. 48 ; Ci)i: litW/tie Anim. 

 Dendrobatc.t tinctorius, W(i(/l. Sijst. Amph. p. 202; Dum. i^- L'ibr. 



p. 052. pi. 90. f. 1,1 rt. 



trivittatus, (Spix) Wagl. I. c. 



Hylaplesia tinctoria, lioii; I. c. ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 70. 



First finger shorter than second ; back smooth. 



Var. A. Above black, with two AA'hito lateral stripes, beginning 

 from a M'hite spot on the crown, sometimes one oi- two cross-streaks 

 between ; beneath blackish, -with deep black spots, or wv\h whitish 

 markings. — Dendrohates lurjidms, Schmidt, Denksclir. Acad. Wiss. 

 Wien, 1858, p. 250. t. 2. f. 14. 



a. Adult. Cayenne. 



h. Half-groMTi. Bogota. Presented by Mr. Marks. 



c. Young. Para. Presented by R. Graham, Esq. 



d. Adult: very bad state. South America. Presented by Sir R. 



Schombiu-gk. 



Var. B. Upper parts unifomi grey (in spirits) ; under parts 

 uniform black. 



e. Adult. Para. Pi'esented by R. Graham, Esq. 

 /. Adult. Para. Presented by R. Graham, Esq. 

 g. Adiilt. Para. From Mr. Stevens's Collection. 



Var. C. Black, Avith scattered round white spots. 

 h. Adult. South America. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



Var. D. Quite imiform black. 



i. Adult. Panama. From M. PfefFcr's Collection. 

 h-o. Adult. Panama. From Mr. Stevens's Collection. 

 p. Half-growm. America. 



Var. E. Grey, with large black blotches. 



q. Adult. Isthmus of Darien. Presented by the Zoological Society, 

 and named by Bibron Deiulrobates latimaculatm. 



Var. F. Brownish on the muzzle, and on each side a large white 

 spot ; upper anii and leg with a white ring (Dum. ^- Bihr. p. 054). 



2. Hylaplesia picta. 



Hylaplesia picta, Tschudi, Batr. p. 71. 



Dendrohates pictus, Dum. iSj- Bihr. p. 056; Gay, Chile, Zool. ii. p. 119. 



Firet finger longer than second ; back tubercular, with a glan- 

 dular ridge on each side. Brownish black, with two white lateral 



