392 HYLIDE. 
Rept. p. 85; Cope, Proc. Ac. Phiiad. 1868, p. 111; Peters, Mon. 
Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 403. 
Calamita marmoratus, Merr. Tent. p. 174. 
Lophopus marmoratus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 73. 
Tongue circular, free and slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth 
forming a straight, transverse, interrupted series on a level with the 
hinder edge of the choanz. Head broader than long; snout very 
short, scarcely longer than the diameter of the orbit, rounded ; 
canthus rostralis absent ; interorbital space broader than the upper 
eyelid; tympanum very distinct, two thirds the diameter of the 
eye. Jingers webbed to the disks, which are as large as the tym- 
panum ; no projecting rudiment of pollex ; toes rather short, webbed 
to the disks ; latter a little smaller than those of fingers ; subarticular 
tubercles very indistinct. The hind limb being carried forwards along 
the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye or a little 
beyond. Upper surfaces slightly warty ; belly and lower surface of 
thighs granulate; a denticulated fringe along the outer side of 
forearm and tarsus. Reddish brown above, marbled with dark 
brown; hind limbs with dark cross bars; lower surfaces bright 
saffron, covered with small round black spots; lower surface of 
forearm, fingers, tibia, tarsus, and toes black; web black and 
saffron. Male with an internal subgular vocal sac. From snout to 
vent 52 millim. 
S. America. 
a-b. SQ. Ecuador. Mr. Buckley [C. 
oae.. Paitanga. Mr. Buckley [ iS 
d. 3. Canelos. My. Buckley be. 1. 
81. Hyla dasynotus. 
Hyla dasynotus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 488, pl. 38. f. 2. 
Tongue subcireular, nicked and slightly free behind. Vomerine 
_teeth in two small groups between the choane, which are very 
‘small. Head small, as long as broad; snout Shoat) as long as the 
diameter of the orbit, rounded ; canthus rostralis saadauiete loreal 
region very oblique, slightly concave ; interorbital space as broad as 
the upper eyelid ; tympanum rather indistinct, half the diameter of 
the eye. Fingers half webbed; no projecting rudiment of pollex ; 
toes nearly entirely webbea; disks as large as the tympanum ; sub- 
articular tubercles small. The hind limb being carried forwards 
along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. The 
skin, from the fronto-parietals along the spine to the sacrum, im- 
movable and rough with bony deposits ; lower surfaces granulate; 
an indistinct fringe along the outer edge of the forearm ‘and 
tarsus. Brownish aboye, the rough parts of a darker colour; sides 
of the abdomen marbled with black and white ; a black streak along 
the canthus rostralis and above the tympanum; a black spot ante- 
riorly below the eye; a dark cross band between the eyes; femur 
deep black, with white ovate spots or cross bars; fore limbs and 
