9. HYLODES. 209 
region, a band between the eyes, one above the tympanum, and some 
dorsal spots darker; beneath light brownish. Male with a subgular 
vocal sac: 
New Providence Island, Bahamas. 
17. Hylodes binotatus. 
Rana binotata, Spix, Test. Ran. Bras. p. 31, pl. 20. f. 3. 
Enydrobius abbreviatus, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 202. 
Hylodes rugulosus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1870, p. 648. 
binotatus, Peters, Mon. Berl, Ac. 1872, p. 206. 
Tongue entire or slightly nicked. Vomerine teeth in two trans- 
verse curved series behind the choanez. Snout subacuminate, longer 
than the orbital diameter; canthus rostralis very distinct; nostril 
much nearer the tip of the snout than the eye; interorbital space as 
broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum distinct, half the diameter of 
the eye. First finger much longer than second ; toes quite free ; disks 
very small; subarticular tubercles much developed. The hind limb 
being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation 
reaches nearly the tip of the snout. Numerous glandular lines along 
the back; a fold above the tympanum; lower surfaces smooth. 
Brownish above; a dark chevron-shaped spot between the eyes; a 
dark streak from the tip of the snout through the eye to the shoulder ; 
limbs cross-barred ; uniform whitish beneath. Male with a subgular 
vocal sac. 
Brazil. 
a 3. Rio Janeiro. C. Darwin, Esq. [ P. ]. 
18. Hylodes cuneatus. 
Hylodes cuneatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 152. 
Tongue elongate-oval, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 
two curved series, which begin opposite and much behind the ex- 
ternal border of the choanz, and converge posteriorly. Head large, 
broader than the body; snout elongate, acute; tympanum round, 
half the size of the eye. Two metatarsal tubercles. ‘The hind limb 
being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation 
reaches nearly the tip of the snout. Skin of upper surfaces, except 
that of the snout, granulated; a slight dermal fold from the tip of 
the snout to the end of the coccyx, and another, very delicate, com- 
mencing behind each orbit, and descending upon the side, then 
ascending towards the iliac region ; smooth beneath. Above blackish 
grey; snout lighter; a light line from the anterior border of orbit 
to labial commissure, and one from the posterior border to the tym- 
panum ; a light band from each supercilium to the coccygeal region ; 
limbs indistinctly barred with brown; beneath whitish, very mi- 
nutely punctulated with brown, except upon the abdomen. A variety 
is almost entirely black. 
E. Cuba. 
