6. HYLELLA. 419 
forming cross bars; beneath brownish. Male without vocal sac. 
From snout to vent 60 millim. 
Venezuela; Central America. 
a, o. Cordova. M. Sallé [C.}. 
6. HYLELLA*. 
Hylella, Reinh. § Liith. Vidensk. Meddel. 1861, p. 199; Cope, Nat. 
Hist. Rev. 1865, p. 110, and Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 86. 
Exerodonta, Brocchi, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. p. 19. 
Hylomantis, Peters, Mon. Berl, Ac. 1880, p. 223. 
Pupil horizontal. Tongue circular or suboval, slightly nicked 
and free behind. Vomerine teeth none. ‘’ympanum distinct or 
indistinct. Fingers webbed at the base; toes extensively webbed, 
the tips dilated into regular disks. Outer metatarsals united. 
Omosternum cartilaginous: sternum a cartilaginous plate. Dia- 
pophyses of sacral vertebra moderately dilated. 
Tropical America; Australia. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. Tympanum indistinct, very small. 
Tongue oval; loreal region vertical ; 
fingers one-third webbed ........ 1. tenera, p. 419. 
Tongue round; fingers one-third 
webbed; tympanum surmounted by 
LOD Mr Pais hd aie a tls athe Vs 2. carnea, p. 420. 
Tongue round; loreal region oblique ; 
fingers not one-third webbed ...... 3. buckleyi, p. 420. 
II. Tympanum perfectly distinct. 
Tympanum one fourth thediameter of the 
eye; disks of fingers of the same size 
___as the tympanum; skin smooth above. 4. sumichrasti, p. 420. 
Tympanum half the diameter of the 
eye; disks of fingers smaller than the 
EMI SAL WA i tiara ee ee as xe 5. bicolor, p.. 421. Yuttnoiice 
Tympanum one fourth the diameter of : . 
the eye; skin warty above........ 6. nigropunctata, p. 421. Suny Nuh 
1. Hylella tenera. 
Hylella tenera, Reinh. § Liith. Vidensk. Meddel. 1861, p. 200. 
Tongue oval, slightly nicked. Head short and broad; canthus 
is Hyperolius pygmaeus, Meyer, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 132.—Jobi, New 
Guinea. 
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