126 REPTILES. 



bands ; upper jaw white-edged ; a white streak along the hinder 

 side of the thigh ; sometimes uniform brown. 



Our specimens agree in all their characters with the description 

 of Bibron, except in always having the fii'st finger longer than the 

 second, as is mentioned in another species of Bibron, D. obscurus, 

 p. 655, a species quite unknown to us. (Cfr. Guichenot, Bept. in 

 Oasteln. Anim. nouv. cle VAmer. du Sud, p. 87. pi. 17. f. 2.) 



a. Adult. Brazil. — Uniform brown : this is to be considered only 



as a variety, and may prove to be h. obscurus, Bibr. 



b, c. Adult. Para. From Mr. Stevens's Collection. 



d. Adult. Demerara. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



e. Adult. Demerara. Presented by the Zoological Society, 

 /. Adult : not good state. St. Domingo. 



3. Hylaplesia speciosa. 



Dendrobates speciosus, Sclnnidt, DenTischr. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 1858, 

 p. 249. t. 1. f. 11, t. 2. f. 12. 



First finger shorter than second. Entirely smooth, without folds. 

 Uniform carmine-red (in spirits bluish grey). Andes of New 

 Granada (6000 feet). 



4. Hylaplesia pumilio. 



Dendrobates pumilio, Schmidt, I. c. p. 250. t. 2. f. 13, 



Entirely smooth, without folds. Above ■\dolet, beneath greyish 

 white ; sacral region, sides, extremities, belly and breast punctu- 

 lated with black. Andes of New Granada (6000 feet). 



5. Hylaplesia lateralis. 



Dendrobates lateralis, Gay, Chile, Zool. ii. p. 120, pi, 5. f. 2. 



First finger shorter than second. Back smooth. Above yellow- 

 ish white, with a brown band on each side of the back and head ; 

 sides punctulated with brown. Chile. 



