108 RANIDZ. 
tudinal median crest ; canthus rostralis angular; tympanum two 
thirds the width of the eye. Fingers slender, first as long as second ; 
toes webbed at the base; disks rather large. The hind limb being 
carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 
beyond the tip of the snout. A conical tubercle on the upper eye- 
lid ; scapulary and temporal regions with small glandules and short 
folds; a strong fold from the eye above the tympanum to the angle 
of the mouth; the remainder of the upper surfaces smooth; belly 
granular. Dark brown above, lighter beneath. 
New Guinea. 
2. Cornufer dorsalis. 
Cornuter dorsalis, Giinth. Cat. p. 84. 
Cornufer dorsalis, A. Dum. Ann. Se. Nat. (8) xix. p. 174. 
Halophila vitiensis, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. vi. p. 423. 
chryseus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 154. 
platydactyla, Giinth. Proc. Zool, Soc. 1864, p. 49. 
. Lower surface of hand. Lower surface of foot. 
Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups behind the level of the 
choane. Snout once and one third as long as the orbital diameter ; 
canthus rostralis angular; interorbital space as broad as the upper 
eyelid; crown flat ; tympanum half the width of the eye. Fingers 
moderate, first shorter than second, the tips dilated into large disks ; 
toes moderate, webbed at the base, with small disks ; subarticular 
tubercles well developed; two metatarsal tubercles. The hind 
limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 
lation reaches in front of the eye. Skin smooth, granular on the 
belly and under the thighs; a small tubercle on the upper eyelid. 
Greyish or reddish brown above, with more or less distinct blackish 
markings on the back; sometimes a light line along the middle of 
the head and back and along the hind limbs; lower surfaces more 
or less marbled with brown. ; 
Fiji Islands; (Java ?). 
a, Her. Fiji Islands. | Voyage of the ‘ Herald.’ 
b. Several spec., 9 & her. Fiji Islands. (Type of H. platydactyla.) 
3. Cornufer guentheri. (Prat XI. fig. 3.) 
Tongue with a conical papilla in the anterior part of the median 
line. Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups behind the level of the 
