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black lines. Pupil a transverse black slit, its upper and lower margins 

 notched. 



Variations. — Of the five examples of this species now in the National 

 Museum, two males show the dark, roughened patch on the inner part 

 of the first finger. Three of the specimens have the inner metatarsal 

 tubercle less distinct than in the one chosen for description. The 

 general proportions, amount of webbing, position of vomerine teeth 

 and other structural features appear extremely uniform in the few 

 specimens at hand. The hght dorsolateral stripe is very narrow in 

 the additional examples and two of them are darkened by preserva- 

 tive so that the pale area in front of the eyes is scarcely visible ; never- 

 theless the pattern is there in its essentials. The Museu Paulista 

 example appears everywhere covered with prominent glandular 

 tubercles, but this corruscation is probably due at least in part to the 

 method of preserving, as the whole specimen is hardened and stiff 

 as if from a solution of strong formalin. It agrees entirely with the 

 other specimens except in the matter of size and rugosity of skin. 



Remarks. — Adults are found in trees, in bromeliads, and in lagoas 

 (i. e., shallow pools). The voice is said to be krack, krack, krack, 

 somewhat like that of a hen cackling. 



Specimens examined 



BRAZIL: ZMB 30444; ZMB 33-3133, Sello; KZAEM 98, Holstein; BM 64.1.19.- 



34, Wucherer; BM 98.11.30.62, von Ihering. 

 Bahia: ZMB 33-7496 (2), Michaelis. 

 EspIrito Santo: MP 268. 

 Rio db Janeiro: Angra dos Reis, USNM 70518, Metcalf, Oct. 14, 1925; 



ZSBS 60/1947, A. Lutz, 1932. 

 Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre, ZMB 33-6256, Michaelis, ZMB 33-6810, 



Hensel. 

 Santa Catarina: Hansa, USNM 81129, Erhardt; USNM 98775-6, Globig; 



BM 1928.11.5.89-106, Erhardt, Humboldt, BM 1910.7.26.3-6, Erhardt; 



ZSBS 351/1920 (5), Erhardt, 1920. Rio Itapocti, ZSBS 247/23 (3), 338/1920, 



Erhardt, 1920. Rio Humboldt, USNM 65570, Fritsche, 1918; BM 1923.- 



6.1.84-91, Fritsche. Teres6polis, ZMB 26322, Michaelis. 



Hyla venulosa (Lauren ti) 



Figure 8 



1768. Rana venulosa Laurenti, p. 31 (type locality, "habitat in Indiis"). 

 To the synonymy given by Nieden (1923, p. 244) add the following: 



1892. Hyla venulosa Boettger, p. 40; 1893, p. 40. — Boulenger, 1894, p. 348; 

 1898a, p. 133; 1903a, p. 69.— Peracca, 1895, p. 29; 1897, p. 18; 1904a, 

 p. 13; 1904b, p. 37.— Budgett, 1899, pp. 305, 327.— Gunther, 1901, 

 p. 272.— Stejneger, 1901, p. 180.— M^hely, 1904, p. 226.— E. G. 

 Boulenger, 1911, p. 1082.— Beebe, 1919, p. 208.— Procter, 1921, 

 p. 192.— Ruthven, 1922, p. 55.— Nieden, 1923, p. 244.— Cott, 1926, 

 p. 1160.— Miranda-Ribbiro, 1926, p. 76, fig. 43; 1937a, p. 55.— A. Lutz, 



