2 BATRACHIA ECAUDATA. 
Fam. 6. Dendrophryniscide. Maxillary teeth none; diapophyses < } 
of sacral vertebra not-dilated ............-...0- p. 273. 
Fam. 7. Bufonide. Maxillary teeth none; diapophyses of sacral 
verbepra Uikaved ke Pa2':F. k's 0 de Pode Co aie eae p. 274. 
Fam. 8. Hylide. Upper jaw toothed; diapophyses of sacral 
vertebra dilated ; terminal phalanges claw-shaped.. p. 330. 9 |. 
Fam. 9. Pelobatide. Upper jaw toothed; diapophyses of sacral 
vertebra strongly dilated; ribs none ............ p. 432. 
Fam. 10. Discoglossid. Upper jaw toothed ; diapophyses of sacral 
vertebra dilated; short ribs articulated to the anterior 
GOP MIRE S tare ss See ca mantels caret Merine seat: ree p. 444. 
Fam. 11. Amphignathodontide. Both jaws toothed ; diapophyses 
‘of sacral -vertobra dilated-24 sf. ats 8s See ee p. 449. 
Fam. 12. Hemiphractide. Both jaws toothed; diapophyses of 
sacralvertenna not dilated 5.02 3.62.6 ewe p. 451. 
Suborder Il. AGLOSSA. 
Eustachian tubes united into a single ostium pharyngium ; no 
tongue. 
Fam. 13. Dactylethride. Upper jaw toothed.......... p. 456. 
ameter Pipide, Teeth None ooo. oies sa secs ee se oe p. 458. 
Suborder I. PHANEROGLOSSA. 
Phaneroglossa, part., Wagler, Syst. Amph. 
Phaneroglosses, Dum. § Bibr. Erp. Gén. viii. 
Opisthoglossa and Proteroglossa, Giinther, Cat. Batr. Sal. ° 
Eustachian tubes separated ; a tongue. 
All the Frogs of this division, as far known, possess in the ad- 
vanced larval state one spiraculum only, or opercular slit; it is 
situated on the left side, except in the Discoglosside, in which it is 
situated in the middle of the thoracic region. 
A. FIRMISTERNIA. 
Bufoniformia, part., and Raniformia, Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1865. 
Raniformia and Gastrechmia, Cope, Jown. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1867. 
Raniformia, Firmisternia, and Gastrechmia, Cope, Check-list of N. 
Amer. Batr. § Rept., Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. i. 1877. 
Coracoids firmly united by a simple epicoracoid cartilage ; precora- 
coids, if present, resting with their distal extremity upon the cora- 
coids, or connected with the latter by the epicoracoid cartilage. 
