9. HYLODES. 219 
extensive fontanelle being present. It bears, however, such analogy 
to H. buckleyi that I do not think it should be separated generically 
from it. H. curtipes is evidently a link towards the genus Bor- 
boroceetes, 
41. Hylodes leptopus. 
Hylodes leptopus, Giinth. Cat. p. 93. 
ee leptopus, Bell, Zool. Beagle, Rept. p. 43, pl. 18. f£. 5; 
Espada, Viaj. Pacif., Ve ertebr. pl. 5. f. 6. 
Hylodes leptopus, Cunningham, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 468. 
Cystignathus macrodactylus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1881, p. 18. 
Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 
two small groups between the choanz. Snout rounded, as long as 
the orbital diameter ; canthus rostralis indistinct; nostril equally 
distant from the eye and the tip of the snout ; interorbital space as 
broad as, or a little broader than, the upper eyelid; tympanum 
distinct, half the diameter of the eye. Fingers long, first much 
shorter than second ; toes moderate, with a slight rudiment of web; 
tips of fingers and toes dilated, truncate ; the terminal phalanges 
bent down, as those of a man playing on the pianoforte ; subarticular 
tubercles well developed ; two small metatarsal tubercles. The hind 
limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 
lation reaches the eye. Skin of upper surfaces with small smooth 
tubercles ; belly granular. Olive above, marbled with blackish; a 
blackish triangular spot between the eyes, another from eye to lip; 
generally two large spots on each side of the body ; limbs cross- 
barred. Male with a subgular vocal sac, and brown rugosities on 
the inner side. of the first finger. 
Chili; W. coast of Patagonia. 
aD. Valdivia. C. Darwin, Esq. Eo (Type.) 
b.. 2° Puerto Bueno, Magellan Dr. Cunningham Pals 
Straits. 
c-e. d. Puerto Bueno, Magellan Dr. Coppinger [C.]. (Types of 
Straits. Cystignathus macrodactylus. ) 
42. Hylodes galdii. 
Pristimantis galdi, Espada, Jorn. Sc. Lish. iii. (1870) p. 61, and Viaj. 
Pacif., Vertebr. pl. 3 bis. f. 6. 
Tongue oval. Vomerine teeth in two oblique, slightly arched 
series, beginning from the inner hinder edge of the choane. Snout 
subtriangular, truncate, with acute canthus rostralis; fronto- 
parietals with prominent serrated edges; tympanic bones also 
forming a serrated crest; tympanum distinct. Fingers and toes 
free, long and slender, with well-developed disks. Hind limbs long. 
Skin minutely granular above; belly granular.. Belly dark, white- 
spotted. 
Ecuador. 
