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two thirds the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first, longer 
than second; toes quite free; disks small; subarticular tubercles 
well deyeloped; two metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb being 
carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 
the tip of the snout. Skin smooth, with several fine linear glan- 
dular folds-—one from the eye above the tympanum to the shoulder, 
another from the eye to the centre of the back, and one or two on 
each side of the hinder part of the back. Brown above; a black 
stripe from the tip of the snout through the eye to the shoulder, 
sometimes a black spot in the centre of the back; anal region 
blackish ; hind limbs indistinctly cross-barred. 
Mexico. 
a, Heyr.? Mexico. M. Sallé a |. (Type of ZZ. salle.) 
ber? Vera Paz. O. Salvin, Esq. [C. ]. 
7. Hylodes conspicillatus. (Puiarr XIV. fig. 2.) 
Hylodes conspicillatus, Giinth. Cat. p. 92. 
Lithodytes conspicillatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 115. 
Tongue oval, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in two 
small groups behind the level of the choanz. Snout subacumi- 
nate, with angular canthus rostralis; the orbital diameter equals 
the distance between the eye and the nostril, or two thirds of .the 
distance between the former and the tip of the snout; interorbital 
space broader than the upper eyelid; tympanum half the diameter 
of the eye. Fingers moderate, first not extending beyond second; 
toes moderate, with a rudimentary web; disks and subarticular 
tubercles well developed ; a small oval inner, and a rather indistinct 
rounded outer metatarsal tubercle. Hind limb very variable in 
length; carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articula- 
tion reaches the tip of the snout or beyond. Skin smooth, granular 
round the belly and under the thighs. Brown or olive above, 
generally with chevron-shaped dark ‘bands across the back; a dark 
stripe betweén the eyes; a blackish streak along the canthus ros- 
tralis and above the tympanum ; limbs cross-barred ; hinder side of 
thighs generally black-and-white marbled ; sometimes a white stripe 
on ‘each side of the back; whitish beneath, immaculate or marbled 
with brown. Male with an internal vocal sac. 
Ecuador. 
ees Andes of Ecuador. My. Fraser [C.]. (Type 
of H. conspicillatus.) 
b, c-d,e, f,g,h. SQ. Wz. Ecuador. My. Fraser LC 
Lk. 8 g. Intac, Ecuador. Mr. pace te }. 
LQ. Paitanga, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley | C 
mn, 2 & ye. Sarayacu, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley [O.1. 
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