446 DISCOGLOSSIDZ. 
eyelid; tympanum generally hidden, sometimes slightly distinct. 
First finger shorter than second; three metacarpal tubercles, the 
inner very much developed in males ; toes nearly entirely webbed in 
Sternal apparatus. 
the latter, at the base only in females ; subarticular tubercles indis- 
tinct ; a single, small, inner metatarsal tubercle. ‘The hind limb 
being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation 
reaches the eye, or between the eye and the tip of the snout. Skin 
smooth, or with small flat marks on the upper surfaces, Brownish 
or olive above, with dark light-edged spots, sometimes confluent 
into broad longitudinal bands along the head and back ; sometimes 
three light longitudinal dorsal stripes. Male without vocal sac; - 
during the breeding-season there are black rugosities on the chin, 
on the inner metacarpal tubercle, on the inner digit, and on the free 
border of the web between the toes. 
S. Europe ; N.W. Africa. 
a-d. 3 Q. ——F Dr. Heckel. 
Ce: Sardinia. Leyden Museum. 
f-h,t. 3,2, & her. Coruia, Spain. Don V. L. Seoane [C.}. 
kl. Co. Malta. - Miss E. Attersoll [ P.]. 
m. Her. Malta. Capt. Feilden [ P.]. 
id Algiers. P. L. Sclater, Esq. [P. ]. 
Os Algiers. 
p, 9. 2 & her. Tunis. P. L, Sclater, Esq. [P.]. 
2. BOMBINATOR. 
Bombinator, sp., Merr. Tent. Herp. p. 179. 
Bombinator, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 206; Tschudi, Batr. p. 84; Dum. 
§ Bibr. viii. p. 485; Giinth. Cat. p.41; Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev, 1865, 
p. 105, and Jowrn. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 76. 
Pupil triangular. Tongue circular, entire, adherent. Vomerine 
teeth. No tympanum; eustachian tubes generally very minute. 
Fingers free; toes webbed, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals 
separated by web. No omosternum; sternum two slender diverging 
cartilaginous styles. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra strongly dilated. 
Terminal phalanges simple. . 
Europe; Asia. 
