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8. Hyla doumercii. 



Dum. 8f Bihr. Erpetol. Gener. p. 551. 



Eingers very sliglitly webbed ; head short ; tympanum large ; 

 loreal region not grooved. Above uniform dark oUve, beneath 

 whitish. Surinam. 



9. Hyla punctata. 



Calamita punctata, Schneicl. Hist. Amph. p. 170. 

 Hj'la punctata, Daiicl. Rain. p. 41, and Iie2)t. viii. p. 81 ; Gravenh. 

 Belie, p. 30. t. 6. f. 2 ; Bum. ^- Bihr. p. 552 ; Burmeister, I. c. p. 104. 

 Hyla variolosa, Spix, Spec. Nov. Te.'it. t. 9. f. 4. 



Fingers very slightly webbed ; head short ; tympanum not quite 

 half the width of eye ; eyelid tense ; loreal region not grooved. 

 Above light brown, on each side a white stripe, and back with white 

 spots. Brazil (North) ; Siuinam. 



10. Hyla leprieurii. 



Bum. ^- Bibr. Erpetol. Gener. p. 553. 



The three outer fingers one-third webbed ; head short ; loreal 

 region concave. Above greyish, with large brown-cross bands ; 

 beneath white. South America. 



11. Hyla multifasciata. (Plate VIII. fig. D.) 



Fingers very slightly webbed ; head as long as broad ; loreal 

 region flat ; skin smooth ; all upper parts with brown, white-edged 

 cross-bands ; beneath white. 



a. Adult. Para. From Mr. Stevens's Collection. 



Description of the specimen. — Habit slender ; head rather large, as 

 long as broad, with rather pointed muzzle and not rounded canthus 

 rostrahs ; loreal region flat, not grooved ; eyes rather large ; nostrils 

 lateral, near the end of muzzle ; tympanum oval, half the width of 

 eye ; upper parts and throat quite smooth ; legs slender ; metatarsus 

 with one small tubercle ; toes broadly webbed, but the membrane 

 not reaching the tip of the toes ; third toe nearly as long as fifth ; 

 fourth one-fourth longer than fifth ; tarsus with a low cutaneous 

 fold; fingers slender, very slightly webbed. Disks moderate. Tongue 

 cordiform, but veiy slightly notched behind ; vomerine teeth be- 

 tween the interior nostrils, arranged in two curved hnes, forming 

 together an arch with the convexity forward ; interior nostrils rather 

 large, eustachian tubes much smaller. Alcove hght reddish brown ; 

 body from the snout to the anus, and the extremities with brown, 

 white-edged cross-bands ; loreal region brown, a brown hue from 

 the back edge of eye above the tympanum. Length of body ly ; 

 length of hinder extremity 3" ; length of front extremity li" ; length 

 of tarsus 4". 



