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with large whitish spots ; a few small whitish spots under the 
limbs. 
ik. SQ. Chyavetas, E. Peru. 
D. As in var. B, but with white spots on the back ; belly whitish, 
marbled with brown. Perhaps a distinct species. 
i. Her. S. Domingo. 
4. Dendrobates lugubris. 
Dendrobates lugubris, Schmidt, Denkschi. Ac. Wien, 1858, p. 250, 
pl. 2. f. 14. 
Allied to D. trivittatus. It differs from the latter in the propor- 
tions of the fingers (the first not extending as far as the second) 
and the larger disks. ‘The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches a 
little beyond the tip of the snout. Skin smooth. Black ; a whitish 
line along the side of the back, the outer edge of the upper eyelid, 
and the canthus rostralis, confluent with its fellow on the end of 
the snout ; lower surfaces marbled with whitish ; a whitish line from 
below the eye to the shoulder. Size very small. 
Colombia. 
ad. Bogota. Mi. Marks [P.]. 
5. Dendrobates talamance. 
Dendrobates talamance, Cope, Jow'n. Ac. Philad. (un. 8.) yi. 1876, 
p- 102, pl. 23. f. 6. 
Allied to D. lugubris. First finger longer than the second. Heel 
marking the middle of the orbit. Skin entirely smooth. Colour 
brown above, separated by a border of light pigment from the white 
of the lower surfaces ; top of muzzle, and a band from the eye to 
groin on each side, yellowish. 
Costa Rica. 
6. Dendrobates parvulus. (Pxrare XII. fig. 6.) 
Snout truncate, as long as the diameter of the eye ; loreal region 
vertical ; interorbital space a little broader than the upper eyelid ; 
tympanum moderately distinct, nearly half the diameter of the eye. 
Fingers slender, first extending beyond second ; toes slender ; tips of 
fingers and toes dilated into rather small disks; subarticular tubercles 
distinct ; two scarcely prominent metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb 
being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articu- 
lation reaches far beyond the tip of the snout. Back tubercular. 
Black ; upper surfaces closely punctated with whitish, most distinctly 
on the head and the front part of the back; lower surfaces marbled 
with bluish grey. Male with a subgular vocal sac. From snout to 
vent 22 millim. 
Ecuador. 
