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1. Hylaplesia tinctoria. 



Linn. Amoen. i. p. 566 ; Bonnat. Encycl. p. 10. 



Cal.amita tinctorius, Schneid. Hist. Amph. p. 175 ; Men; Tent. p. 169. 



Rana tinctoria, Shmv, Gen. Zool. iii. p. 135. 



Hjda tinctoria, Latr. Rept. ii. p. 170 ; Daud. Rain. p. 25. pi. 8, and 



Rept. viii. p. 48 ; Cuv. Regne Anim. 

 Dendrobates tinctorius, Wagl. Syst. Amph, p. 202 ; Dum, (^'- Bibr. 



p. 652. pi. 90. f. 1, la. 



trivittatus, {Spix) Wagl. I. c. 



Hjrlaplesia tinctoria, Boie, I. c. ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 70. 



First finger shorter than second ; back smooth. 



Var. A. Above black, with two white lateral stripes, beginning 

 frmn a white spot on the crown, sometimes one or two cross-streaks 

 between ; beneath blackish, with deep black spots, or with whitish 

 markings. — Dendrohates luguhris, Schmidt, Denkschr. Acad. Wiss. 

 Wien, 1858, p. 250. t. 2. f. 14. 



a. Adult. Cayenne. 



h. Half-gro^\Ti. Bogota. Presented by Mr. Marks. 



c. Young. Para, Presented by E.. Graham, Esq. 



d. Adult: very bad state. South America. Presented by Sir R. 



Schomburgk. 



Var. B, Upper parts uniform grey (in spirits) ; under parts 

 uniform black. 



e. Adult. Para. Presented by E.. Graham, Esq. 

 /. Adult. Para. Presented by R. Graham, Esq. 

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



Var. C. Black, with scattered roimd white spots. 

 h. Adult. South America. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



Var. D. Quite uniform black. 



i. Adult. Panama. From M. Pfeffer's Collection. 

 Tc-o. Adult. Panama. From Mr. Stevens's Collection. 

 p. Half-grown. America. 



Var. E. Grey, with large black blotches, 



q. Adult. Isthmus of Darien. Presented by the Zoological Society, 

 and named by Bibron Dendrohates latimaculatus. 



Var. F. Brownish on the muzzle, and on each side a large white 

 spot; upper arm and leg with a white ring {Dum. ^ Bibr. p. 654). 



2. Hylaplesia picta. 



Hylaplesia picta, Tschudi, Batr. p. 71, 



Dendrobates pictiis, Dum. ^- Bibr. p, 656; Gay, Chile, Zool. ii. p. 119. 



First finger longer than second ; back tubercular, Avith a glan- 

 dular ridge on each side. Brownish black, with two white lateral 



