94 REPTILES ETC FROM SURINAM. 



54. ? Bufo diptychus Cope. 



Two small specimens captured by the Saramacca-expe- 

 ditioa agree with this species in having an indistinct 

 tympanum, a lateral dermal fold continuous with the tri- 

 lateral parotoids. Their colour is light brown with deep 

 brown spots, a deep brown chevron-shaped band between 

 the orbits and a light vertebral line. In our collections are 

 three similar specimens from Montevideo. 



55. Hyla maxima Laur. 



One specimen collected at the Upper-Nickeri by Dr. 

 van Cappelle. 



*56. Hyla Leprieuri D. & B. 



One specimen collected by Dr. van Cappelle at the Lower- 

 Nickeri. 



*57. Hyla fasciata Gthr. 



One adult and one young specimen collected at Toekoe- 

 moetoe by the Saramacca-expedition. 



58. Hyla rubra Daud. 



One specimen captured at Paramaribo by the Coppenarae- 

 expedition, another from the Lower-Nickeri by Dr. van 

 Cappelle. 



59. Hylella Cappellei, nov. spec. 



Tympanum indistinct, tongue round, very slightly nicked. 

 Fingers one third webbed, first smaller than second. Toes 

 two thirds webbed. Head broader than long, snout rounded, 

 somewhat larger than the diameter of the orbit. Canthus 

 rostralis very indistinct, loreal region oblique. Disks of 

 fingers not much developed. The hind limb being carried 

 forward along the body, the tibiatarsal articulation reaches 

 the tip of the snout. 



Colour whitish, with microscopical small black spots all 

 over the head and the back and the upper parts of the 

 limbs, except the upper eyelid which is of a uniform opaque 

 white colour. Under parts whitish. 



One specimen collected by the Saramacca-expedition. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXV. 



