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a. Adiilt. India. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 h. Adult. Java. From the Leyden Museum. 



c. Adult. Java. 



d. Half-grown. Philippine Islands. — All females. 



Either to this family or perhaps to the next belongs Ceratophryne 

 nasuta, Sehleg., from Borneo. I know the animal only from a sketch, 

 commimicated to me by Prof. Schlegel ; the general external appear- 

 ance is that of a young Megcdoplirys montana with a pointed append- 

 age in front of the muzzle, similar to the horns of the eyelids ; the 

 tympanum is distinct; but the sketch leaves it doubtful whether 

 there is a web between the toes or not. 



Fam. 4. ASTEROPHRYDIDiE. 



Ranina with free toes, ^vith the processes of sacral vertebra dilated, 

 and "without paratoid. 



One genus. New Guinea. 



1. ASTEROPHRYS. 



Head very large, angular, triangular with very convex crown and 

 produced muzzle ; upper edge of the eyelid ^Y\t\l some cutaneous 

 appendages ; extremities moderate. Voinerine teeth numerous ; 

 tongue large, entirely adherent. Tympanum hidden, but perfect ; 

 fingers and toes free. New Guinea. 



Asterophrys, Tschudi, Batr. p. 82. 



Ceratophiys, sp., Schlcf/el, Ahhild. p. 30. 



1. Asterophrys turpicola. 



Ceratophrys turpicola, (3IUUer) Schlcg. I. c. t. 10. f. 4. 

 Uniform brownish (in spirits). 



Fam. 5. ALYTIDiE. 



Ranina with webbed toes, with the processes of sacral vertebra 

 dilated, and -svith paratoids. 



Syno])sis of the Genera. 



1 . Alytes. Toes shghtly webbed ; tympanum distinct. Europe. 



2. Scaphiopus. Toes completely webbed. North America. 



3. Heleioporus. Toes half-webbed ; tympanum hidden. Australia. 



1. ALYTES. 



Habit moderate ; skin covered with tubercles and warts ; above 

 the tympaniim a small paratoid. Fingei"S four, free ; toes slightly 

 webbed ; the first cuneiform bone forming a small tubercle. Tym- 

 panum distinct ; eustachian tubes small ; tongue circulai-, thick, 

 adherent, entire behind. Vomerine teeth. Vocal sac none. Europe. 



