264 CYSTIGNATHID %, 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. Lower surfaces granulate. 
Tympanum slightly distinct; belly imma- 
culate ; loins and sides of thighs carmine 1. georgiana, p. 264. 
Tympanum quite Iidden ; belly dark 
BPOLbEM or umMaTDLEd ck um ats aoe emlene 2. signifera, p. 265. 
Il. Lower, surfaces smooth. 
Subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes 
and metatarsal tubercles very distinct .. 3. tasmaniensis, p. 266. 
Subarticular and metatarsal tubercles in- 
distinet; toes not frinbed /.-......554 4. levis, p. 266. 
1. Crinia georgiana. 
Cystignathus georgiana, Giinth. Cat. p- 80. 
Crinia georgiana, ( Libr.) Tschudi, Batr, p. 78; Keferst, Gétting. 
Nachr, 1867, p. 347, and Arch. f. Naturg. 1868 ) p- 263. 
Cystignathus georgianus, Dum. § Bibr. p. 416. 
? Crinia ignita, Cope, Jour n. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 86. 
Pterophryne georgiana, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (3) xx. p. 53. 
Vomerine teeth in two very small, indistinct groups behind the 
choanze, seldom missing. Snout Deel a little longer than the 
orbital diameter ; nostril equally distant from the eye and the tip 
of the snout ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tym- 
panum generally slightly distinct. First finger a little shorter than 
second ; toes not or but slightly fringed; subarticular tubercles well 
developed ; two small metatarsal tubercles; a very distinct tarsal 
fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the 
tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between the shoulder and the eye. 
Lower surfaces granulate. Back with small warts. Brownish or 
pinkish above, Tented with darker; loins, front and hinder side of 
thighs and inner side of tibiw carmine. Male with a subgular 
vocal sac. 
Australia. 
@. 9; King George’s Sound.  G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 
b. Severalspec.: ¢,2, Sydney. 
& her. 
c-d,e. dQ. Port Essington. Dr. Fleming [P.]. 
fe Q. Australia. Dr. A. Giinther [ P.]. 
g-h. &. Australia. G. Krefft, Esq. [P. ]. 
Var. stolata. 
Cystignathus georgianus, Bell, Zool. ae Rept. pl. 16. f. 4. 
Crinia stolata, Cope, Journ, Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 201. 
Back with strong dermal folds—one from each upper eyelid along 
the back, approaching the other at scapule ; another from the pos- 
terior angle of the eye to the side; two converging on parietal 
regions and one on the middle of the snout. Middle of the back 
