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carried djewands along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 
the middle of the parotoid gland. The latter flat and thin. Colour 
light brown, with a few dark speckles; a spot on canthus rostralis. 
”New Mexico. 
2, PELOBATES. 
Pelobates, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 206; Tschudi, Batr. p. 83; Dum. § 
bibr. viii. p. 475; Giinth. Cat. p. 40; Cope, Nat. Hist, Rev. 1865, 
p. 108, and Journ. Ae. Philad. (2) vi. "1866, p. 81. 
Cultripes, Miller, Tiedem. Zeitschr. Phys. iv. p. 212, and Isis, 1852, 
p- 336 ; ee Jour n. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. p. 81. 
Wilks "Cope, 1. 
Pupil erect. aie circular, slightly nicked and free behind. 
Vomerine teeth in two small groups. No tympanum, Fingers free ; 
toes extensively webbed, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals 
separated by web. Inner metatarsal tubercle shovel-shaped. Omo- 
sternum cartilaginous, rudimentary; sternum with a bony style. 
Vertebre proccelian; diapophyses of sacral vertebra very strongly 
dilated ; sacral aud coccygeal vertebre confluent. 
Kurope. 
1. Pelobates fuscus. 
Pelobates tuscus, Giinth. Cat. p. 40. 
Rosel, Hist. Ran. p. 69, pls. 17-19. 
Bufo ‘fuscus, Laur, Syn. Rept. pp. 28 & 122; Schneid. Hist, Amph. 
p. 196; Lat, Rept. ii. p. 109; Daud. Rain. p. 81, pl. 80. f. 1, and 
Rept. viii. p. 161; Cuv. R. A.; Merr. Tent: p. 187. 
Rana fusca, Weyer, Syn. Rept. p. 10; Sturm, Deutschl. Faun. iti. Heft 
1; Gravenh. Delic. p. 32. 
” alliacea, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 146, pls. 41 & 42. 
Bombina marmorata, Koch, 1. c. ; Hain, Faun. Bowe. pl. 21. f. b. 
Bombinator fuscus, Fitz, dec: 
Pelobates fuscus, Wag. l. c.; Bonap. Icon. Faun. Ital.; Tschudi, 1. ¢.; 
Dum. § Bibr. p. 477; Fatio, Vert, Suisse, iii. p. 376; Schrerber, 
“Herp. Eur, p. 90; De Betta, Faun. Ital, Rett, Anf. p. 71; Leydig, 
An. Batr. Ps 77; Lessona, Atti Ac. Line. .» Mem. Cl. Sc.-fis. &e. i. 
p- 1077, pl. 3. 
Cultripes minor, Willer, Isis, xxv. p. 538. 
Pelobates insubricus, Cornal. Atti Soc. Vent. Tent. ii. p. 44. 
Vomerine teeth in two straight or slightly oblique series between 
the choane. Snout rounded, without canthus rostralis; fronto- 
parietal region bony, rough, convex. First and second fingers 
equal; toes entirely webbed; tips of fingers and toes pointed ; no 
subarticular tubercles.. The hind limb being carried forwards along 
the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the shoulder or the 
angle of the mouth. Skin smooth. Brown above, marbled with 
darker ; metatarsal spur yellowish brown. Male without vocal sae, 
with a large elliptic gland on the upperside of the arm, 
Central Europe. 
