252 " CLASS XV. 



Notodelphys Lichtenst. and Weinland. 



See Weinland Veber den BeutelfroscJi, in Mueller's Arclviv, 1854, 

 s. 449 — 477, Taf. XVII — XIX. A fissure in the dorsal integument of the 

 female leads to two lateral pouches for the reception of the eggs. Similar 

 seems to be the disposition in Ui/Ia marsupiata DUM. and BiBR., apparently 

 a distinct species of the true Ili/Ia division. 



** With membrane of tympanum distinct. 



a) With palms and soles palmate, ample. 



Racophorus Kuhl, Tschudi, Hypsihoas Wagl. Tongue oblong, 

 posteriorly free, forked. Teeth in vomerine bones in a transverse 

 rovs^, interrupted in the middle. Trunk posteriorly narrow, slender. 

 Posterior feet long. 



Uyla Reinwardtii Schleg. Ahhild. Tab. 30, in the East Indies. 



/3) With palms cloven or semipalmate, with soles semipalmate or palmate, 

 i) With palatine teeth none. 



Eucnemis Tschudi, Dum. and Bibr. (and Orchestes Tschudi, 

 Ixalus Dum. and Bibr.). 



2) With palatine teeth. 



Hyla Tschudi, Dum. and Bibr. Tongue orbicular, adnate, or 

 posteriorly subfree. Anterior feet mostly cloven, posterior semi- 

 palmate. 



Sp. Hyla viridis Laur., Rana arhorea L., Roesel Hist. Ran. Tab. 9 — 12, 

 Sturm Deutschl. Fauna, Amphib. Heft i; the tree-frog; the males have a 

 sac beneath the throat which, when they cry, is dilated. 



Polypedates Tschudi. 



Limnodytes Dum. and Bibr. (Tongue in these genera posteriorly 

 free, furcate.) 



Lit07%a Tschudi, Dum. and Bibr., Acris Dum. and Bibr. Tongue 

 discoid or cordate, posteriorly free. Points of fingers with discs 

 small. 



7) With ptalms and soles cloven. 



By lodes FiTz. (add PhyUomedusa Wagl.). Teeth in palate. 



Sp. Hyla hicolor, Rana Ucolor Bodd., Gmel., Daud. Rain., Gren. et Crap. 

 PI. 5, 6, GuERiN Iconogr., Rept. PI. 16, fig. 3; South America. 



Crossodactylus Dum. and Bibr., and Phyllohates eorund. Palatine 

 teeth none. 



