2, PHRYNISCUS. 149 
of fingers and toes indistinct; a very small inner metatarsal tubercle. 
The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the metatarsal 
tubercle reaches the eye, or somewhat beyond. Skin smooth, 
granular on the belly and under the thighs ; a more or less distinct, 
narrow, glandular lateral fold ; heel with a triangular dermal appen- 
dage. Brown above; black below, with large white markings ; 
sometimes the throat and chest white; dotted with blackish. Male 
with a subgular vocal sac. 
Chili. 
a-c, ¢. Chili. C. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 
d,e. Q. Chili. 
hee et Isle of Quehuy, Chiloe, Dr. Cunningham [P.]. 
y. Skel., 2. S. America. Sir A, Smith [P.]. 
2, PHRYNISCUS. 
Phryniscus, Wiegm. Nov. Act. 1834, p. 264; Giinth. Cat. p. 43 ; Cope, 
Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 196. 
Chaunus, sp., Uschudi, Bati. p. 87. 
Phryniscus, sp., Dum. § Bibr, viii. p. 722. 
Atelopus, Dum. § Bibr, viii. p. 660; Giinth. Cat, p. 48; Cope, 1. ¢. 
. 195. 
Plamnidium; Martens, Nomenc. Rept. Mus, Zool. Berol, 1856, p. 40; 
__ Cope, l. c. p. 196. 
Hylemorphus, (2itzing.) Schnudt, Denkschr, Ac. Wien, 1858, p. 255. 
Phirix, Schmidt, 1. c. p. 256, : 
Pupil horizontal. Tongue elliptical, entire and free behind. 
Palate smooth. No tympanic disk. Fingers free or webbed at the 
base ; toes more or less webbed, the tips not dilated into regular 
disks. Outer metatarsals united. Coracoids and precoracoids more 
or less divergent, connected by the epicoracoid cartilage ; no omoster- 
num; sternum cartilaginous. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra 
moderately dilated. Terminal phalanges simple. 
Tropical America. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. First toe perfectly distinct. 
A. Toes not half webbed. bp vane 
PHOUE SHOR; TOUNdEeN, G64 ee eee To augricans, p. 150. 
Snout much produced, truncate ........ 2. proboscideus, p. 150. 
B. Toes at least half webbed. 
Head as broad as long; snout longer than 
the diameter of the eye; toes broadly 
ROU cosa, ure a Sepanh apenie's fuel Weert severe 3. levis, p. 151. 
Snout not longer than the diameter of the 
eye ; toes entirely webbed.,......,... 4, seminiferus, p. 152. 
