24 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN" .MUSEUM. 



(r) Toes cylindrical and devoid of fringe, or fringed and 

 webbed at the base. Back very dark, with or 

 without very obscure spots or marmorations. Some- 

 times a complete dorsal stripe 



var. ihiiiierilli. 



(re) Toes with a broad fringe, the first toe entirely webbed 

 and the second about two-thirds webbed. Back witli 

 irregular dark smudges or occasional spots. A curved 



yellowish axillary mark var. 



iidenuris. 



LlMNODYNASTES IxiKSAlJS, drilH^ var. TYPICA. 



(Plate ii., figs. 2 and 2a.) 



Cij--'ti(i 11(1 fit IIS ilursiih'-<, Gi'ay, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vii., 18-il, 



p. 91. 

 C ijstiijnatlnis ihirsalis^ Grray, Grey's Journ. Exped. W. Austr., 



ii., 1841, App. p. 446. 

 Cydli/nathnfi dorsal !!<, Gray, Eyre's Journ. Exped. Centr. Austr., 



L, 1845, pi. i., tig. 2. 

 Limnochjtiastes (^or*a//.y, Giinthei', Brit. Mus. Cat. Batr., 1st ed., 



1858, p. 33. 

 Liiaiiodijiiastes dursalis, Boulenger, Brit. Mus. Cat. Batr., 2nd 



ed., 1882, p. 261. 

 Li iiiiiodijimstes dorstditi, Fletcher, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 



Wales, xxii., 1897, p. 675. 



Size and habit moderate. Head three-fourths to tour-Hftlis 

 as long as broad, the measurement taken at a line drawn 

 between the hinder margins of the tympana. Tympanum 

 distinct in most adult specimens, rathei- indistinct in young 

 examples. Vomerine teeth in two straight series extending to 

 the outer edge of the choanse. Toes rather long, depressed, 

 with a basal web. No outer metatarsal tubercle. Back almost 

 invariably smooth ; in one specimen tliere is a granular dorsal 

 patch. 



('iiliiiir (sjiirits) : — Up])er surfaces light brown with hirge, 

 well defined, isolated dark brown spots or bands, Avhich are 

 arranged in two series. One comnuMiccs on tlie u[)[»er e^'elids, 

 narrows and continues to the vent, and is divided by the light 

 dorsal stripe. The other commences beliind the eyelid, and 



