448 ; DISCOGLOSSID 23. 
1. Liopelma hochstetteri. 
Liopelma hochstetteri, (2%tz.) Steindachn. lc. pl. 6, and Novara, 
Amph. p. 58. 
Vomerine teeth behind the level of the choane, in two short 
series, slightly oblique towards front. Habit of Alytes obstetricans. 
Head large, not one third total length; snout rounded; canthus 
rostralis distinct, very short ; interorbital space a little broader than 
the upper eyelid. Fingers short, blunt, first shorter than second ; 
toes short, blunt, about half webbed; two flat metacarpal tubercles ; 
a small, flat, inner metatarsal tubercle; subarticular tubercles of 
fingers and toes indistinct. The hind limb being carried forwards 
along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation marks the eye. Upper 
surfaces with small smooth tubercles; lower surfaces smooth. 
Brown; limbs and lower surfaces lighter; head and back indis- 
tinctly spotted with blackish ; limbs regularly cross-barred with 
blackish. Male without vocal sac. 
New Zealand. 
Ging New Zealand. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 
4, ALYTES. 
Bombinator, sp., Merv. Tent. p. 179. 
Alytes, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 206; Tschudi, Batr. p. 84; Dum. § 
Bibr. viii. p. 465; Giinth. Cat. p. 88; Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1865, 
p- 105, and Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 76. 
Ostetricans, sp., Daugés, Rech. Ostéol. Batr. 
Ammoryctis, Lataste, C. R. Ac. Paris, 1879, p. 983. 
Pupil elliptical, erect. Tongue circular, entire, scarcely free 
behind. Vomerine teeth. Tympanum distinct. Fingers free, toes 
webbed at the base, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsal separated 
by web. No omosternum ; sternum two slender diverging carti- 
laginous styles. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra moderately dilated. 
Terminal phalanges simple. 
Europe. 
1. Alytes obstetricans. 
Alytes obstetricans, Giinth. Cat. p. 38. 
Bufo obstetricans, Law. Syn. Rept. pp. 28 & 128; Brongn. Bull. Soc. 
Philom. an. viii. p. 91, pl. 6. £.4; Latr. Sal. p. 40, and Rept. ii. 
p. 112; Daud. Rain. p. 87, pl. 82. f.1, and Rept. viii. p. 176; Cue. 
WA: 
Rana campanisona, Laur. /. c. pp. 30 & 155. 
obstetricans, Wolf, Sturm’s Deutschl. Faun. iii. Heft 4. 
Bombinator obstetricans, Merr. Tent. p. 179; Gravenh. Delic. p. 68. 
Alytes obstetricans, Wagl. l..c., and Icon. Amph. t. 22. f. 38-5 ; Schinz, 
Faun. Helvet. p. 145; Tschudi, Isis, 1837, p. 702, and Batr. p. 84; 
Bonap. Faun. Ital.; Dum. § Bibr. viii. p. 467 ; Fatio, Vert. Suisse, 
