196 CYSTIGNATHIDA. 
being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation 
reaches hardly the eye. Skin smooth below, slightly granular upon 
the lateral, gluteal, and occipital regions ; a delicate dermal fold on 
the median line of the back; palms and soles granular ; outer me- 
tatarsal tubercle very small. Above chestnut; a white line ex- 
tends from the end of the snout to the knee-joint ; beneath this a 
broad black band extends to the same position ; upper surfaces of 
hind limbs and anal region blackish brown ; inferior surface of hind 
limbs and sides of belly spotted with brown: upper lip yellow. 
Very small. 
Eastern Cuba. 
3. Phyllobates cystignathoides. 
Phyllobates cstigntides Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, xvii. 
1877, pc 89, 
Habit of Hylodes rhodopis. Snout rather elongate, narrowed, 
rounded, not projecting much beyond the lip; nostril nearer the 
tip of the snout than the eye; tympanum very distinct, half the 
diameter of the orbit. Disks of fingers and toes moderate; sub- 
articular tubercles prominent ; two metatarsal tubercles. The hind 
limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 
lation marks the middle of the eye. Skin entirely smooth. Reddish 
brown above, leather-brown beneath; back thickly spotted with 
large blackish spots ; sides marbled with lighter and darker ; upper 
lip with a few pale spots; limbs obscurely cross-banded. 
Cordova, Vera Cruz. 
+, Phyllobates melanorhinus. 
Phyllobates melanorhinus, Giiinth. Cat. p. 91. 
Phyllobates melanorhinus, Ber thold, Gotting. Nachr. 1845, p. 48, and 
Abhandl. Ges. Wiss. Gotting. i. 1846, p. 14, pl. 1. f. 7; Keferst. 
Gotting. Nachr, 1867, p. 554. 
Snout broad, rounded, with angular canthus rostralis ; tympanum 
distinct, half the diameter of the eye. First finger longer than 
second ; disks of fingers and toes small. Skin everywhere smooth. 
Uniform greyish yellow above, blackish beneath; snout blackish ; 
limbs variegated with blackish or grey. Male with a vocal sac. 
Colombia. 
». Phyllobates hyleformis. 
Phyllobates hyl: Beenie Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad, (n. a viii. 1876, 
p. 107, pl. 23. f. 8. 
Habit of a Hyla. Snout rounded, depressed, not produced ; can- 
thus rostralis obtuse ; loreal region oblique ; interorbital space wide ; 
tympanum one sixth of orbit. Disks of fingers and toes rather large. 
Skin smooth above and below. Colour above rich brown, divided 
on the vertebral line by a narrow red stripe; thighs light brown 
