FROGS OF SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL — COCHRAN 139 



Remarks. — H. fuscovaria seems to be exceedingly close to H. nasica 

 from Misiones, Argentina. No structural differences are apparent, 

 and the proportions of head, tibia, and foot compared to body length 

 are almost identical. The size of the southern form appears to be a 

 little greater, up to 49 mm. for some of the female nasica from Misiones, 

 and 44 mm. for the largest adult female from Lassance. The dorsal 

 pattern in fuscovaria seems to be on the whole less clear cut than 

 is the case with specimens of nasica; there is often very little, if any, 

 separation between the dull mottling of the back and the interorbital 

 region in Juscovaria, while these areas in nasica usually show the dark 

 interorbital bar or triangle, followed by one or two W- or A-shaped, 

 large dark markings. The leg pattern is finer in fuscovaria, so that 

 the marbling of yellow and black on the posterior femur gives a finely 

 and rather evenly checkered or spotted appearance instead of the 

 coarse irregular blotches of light surrounded by dark usually found in 

 nasica. 



H. fuscomarginata, which is likewise found in Minas Gerais, is much 

 like fuscovaria in general appearance, but it is smaller, its snout is 

 more pointed and its eyes are much farther apart and have narrower 

 lids. There is, in addition, a narrow dark canthal stripe continued 

 back above the tympanum in fuscomarginata which is not usually 

 present va. fuscovaria. 



Specimens examined 

 BRAZIL: 



Bahia: Bahia, MP 182 (2) and 332. Bom Jardim, USNM 98819-21, Dias, 

 Apr. 13, 1935. 



Minas Gerais: Agua Limpa, near Ouro Preto, USNM 96988 (cotype of H. 

 fuscovaria), A. Lutz, 1922; USNM 96992-4 (cotypes of H. Juscovaria), 

 A. Lutz, Oct. 22, 1921. Bello Horizonte, USNM 96975-7, Aroeira. Janu- 

 dria, USNM 98814, Dias, Apr. 11, 1935. Lag6a Santa, on road to Bello 

 Horizonte, USNM 97982, Mar. 14, 1935, Cochran. Lassance, USNM 

 97001-5, A. Lutz, Mar. 1, 1922; USNM 98090-125, Cochran, Dias, and 

 Venancio, Mar. 22-26, 1935. Pirapora, USNM 98247-50, Cochran and 

 Venancio, Mar. 22-23, 1935. Piraporinha, USNM 98539-47, Cochran, Dias, 

 and Venancio, Mar. 23, 1935. Ponte Nova, USNM 96911, A. Lutz, Dec. 14, 

 1933. 



Hyla hayii Barbour 



Plate 12, Figures e-i 



1909. Hyla hayii Barbour, p. 51, pi. 5 (lower figure) (type locality, Petr6polis, 

 Rio de Janeiro). — Nieden, 1923, p. 287. — Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, 

 p. 71. — Barbour and Loveridge, 1929, p. 278. — Estable, 1942, p. 53. 



Description. — Adult male, USNM 97776, Alto da Serra, Sao Paulo. 

 Vomerine teeth in two very heavy, short, transverse groups close 

 together on a level with the posterior borders of the choanae; tongue 

 about four-fifths as wide as mouth-opening, almost circular except 



