412 HYLID®, 
125. Hyla obtusirostris. 
Litoria obtusirostris, Meyer, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 139. ° 
Vomerine teeth in two round groups behind the level of the 
choane. Head broad; snout obtuse ; canthus rostralis very weak ; 
loreal region slightly concave ; tympanum half the diameter of the 
eye. Fingers free, toes entirely webbed; disks moderate. 'Tibio- 
tarsal articulation reaching beyond the tip of the snout. Upper 
surfaces finely warty. Bluish grey above, the warts yellowish. 
From snout to vent 37 millim. 
Jobi, New Guinea. 
126. Hyla lesueurii. 
Hyla lesueurii, Dum. § Bibr. p.595; Keferst. Arch. f. Naturg. 1868, 
p. 278, pl. 7. f. 24 & 25, & pl. 8. f. 26. 
Litoria wilcoxii, Gtinth. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1864, p. 48. 
? Litoria copei, Steendachn. Novara, Amph. p. 5G, pl. 3. f. 14-17. 
Litoria lesueurii, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1875, p. 611. 
Habit slender. Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked and free be- 
hind. Vomerine teeth in two straight or slightly oblique series 
between the front part of the choanz. Head as long as broad, 
resembling exactly that of Rana agilis; snout slightly prominent, 
acuminate, once and a half or once and two thirds as long as the 
diameter of the eye; canthus rostralis angular; loreal region 
slightly concave ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; 
tympanum very distinct, half or two thirds the diameter of the eye. 
Fingers free, first and second equal; no distinct rudiment of pollex ; 
toes two-thirds webbed; disks small; subarticular tubercles well 
developed ; two metatarsal tubercles, outer very small; a distinet 
fold along the inner edge of the tarsus. The hind limb being car- 
ried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 
the tip of the snout or beyond. Skin smooth above, granulate on 
the belly and under the thighs; a curved fold from the eye over the 
tympanum. Olive or purplish above, uniform or with more or less 
distinct darker markings; a black streak from the tip of the snout, 
through the eye, to the side; groin black-marbled ; hinder side of 
thighs black, white-spotted ; beneath whitish, immaculate, or mar- 
bled with brown on the throat. Male with an internal subgular 
vocal sac; during the breeding-season the inner side of the 
first finger covered with brown rugosities. From snout to vent 
65 millim. 
Australia. 
a-b. Her. Clarence River. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. (Types 
of Litoria wilcoxi.) 
ed: Oo 2: Clarence River. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 
Boe Sydney. Mus. Godeffroy. 
Pe Sexe Sydney. 
‘g. Her. Fort Curtis. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 
Wisp Errumanga ? 
