596 



REPOKT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. 



closety approximated medially, the inner rows much longer than the 

 outer; nostrils very close to the tip of the snout, their distance from 

 the eye nearly equaling the diameter of the latter; upper eyelids much 

 narrower than the interorbital space; tympanum one-half the diam- 

 eter of the eye, its distance from the latter more than one-half its own 

 diameter; disks of fingers very small, first equal to second; disks of 

 toes small, equaling those of the fingers; first toe much shorter than 

 second, its tip scarcely reaching the middle of the penultimate pha- 

 lanx of the latter; two rather large metatarsal tubercles; well-devel- 

 oped plantar tubercles in series under the metatarsals; a strong tarsal 

 fold nearly the whole length of the tarsus; hind limb being extended 

 forward along the side, the heel reaches center of eye; hind limbs 



32 33 34 



Figs. 30-34.— Eleutherodactylus monensis. 2 x natural size. 30, side of head; 31, top of head; 32, 

 inside of mouth; 33, underside of fore foot; 34, underside of hind foot. No. 29389, U.S.N.M. 



being placed vertical^ to the axis of the body, the heels meet; skin 

 smooth above and below. 



Dimensions. 



mm. 



Tip of snout to vent 32 



Width of head 14 



Diameter of eye . 4. 5 



Diameter of tympanum 2. 25 



Fore leg from axilla 21 



Hind leg from vent 49 



Vent to heel 28 



Color (in alcohol). — Ground color above pale drab with ill-defined 

 dusky markings; these indicate a subcanthal dark streak; a median 

 narrow line on the snout; a pair of longitudinal narrow lines on inter- 

 orbital space from the edge of the eyelids converging toward the occi- 

 put, but without meeting; an irregular spot on each shoulder and on 



