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Transverse, convex row of conical papillae in palate. (Upper eyelid 

 with a conical tubercle and some small conical warts.) 



Sp. Ceratophrys turpicola (sic I is it for turpicula?) MuELL., Schleg. Ahh. 

 Tab, X. fig. 4; New Guinea. 



Note. — Rana scutata Spix, genus Hemlphractus Wagl., is unknown to me. 

 Teeth are described in the lower jaw, an instance, if there be no error, 

 which is unique in the Mlura. 



Pyxicejjhalns TscHUDi, Dum. and Bibr. Head broad, short, 

 gibbons above. Membrane of tympanum mostly distinct. Teeth 

 subulate, somewhat large. Bones of cranium rough, granular above. 

 Anterior feet cloven, posterior semipalmate; with a flat, sharp spur 

 in the sole, at the inner margin of first toe. Tongue oval, free 

 posteriorly, bilobed. Trunk short, broad. 



Sp. Pyxicephalus Delalandii TscHUDi, Ddm. and Bibr. Rept. PL 87, fig. i. 

 South Africa. 



Discoglossus Otth, Dual, and Bibr. Head flat, continuous 

 with trunk. Membrane of tympanum concealed. Anterior feet 

 cloven, posterior semipalmate. Tongue free posteriorly, rotundato- 

 trigonal or suborbicular. 



Sp. Discoglossus pictus Otth, Bonap. Faun. Italica, Amfihi, Fasc. xsiv. 

 Sicily, Sardinia, Greece. 



Cystignatlms Wagl., Dum. and BiBR, Membrane of tympanum 

 distinct, or scarcely visible. Anterior feet cloven, posterior semi- 

 palmate, or cloven, wdth slender toes. Subgular vocal sac in males 

 or two lateral sacs. Tongue large, orbicular, free posteriorly, entire 

 or emarginate. 



Sp. CystignatJius ocellatus, Rana ocellafa L. (in part), Seba Thes. I. Tab. 75, 

 fig. I, Daud. Rain., Gren. et Cirq). PL 19, Rana pachypus, Rana sihilatrix 

 Maxim. Pr. zu Wied. South America, West Indies ; one of the largest 

 species of this family. Almost all the species of this genus are from 

 America. 



Pseudis Wagl., Dum. and Bibr. Membrane of tympanum 

 scarcely distinct. Anterior feet cloven, with first toe capable of 

 opposing the others like a thumb; posterior feet palmate, with 

 membrane ample. Gular vocal sac in males. Tongue orbicular, 

 entire, connate with chin, free at the margin only. 



Sp. Pseudis paradoxa TscHUDi, Rana paradoxa L., Merian Ins. Surinam. 

 Tab. 71, Seba TJiesaur. Tab. 78, figs. 15 — 21 (not all the figures, as 



