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Brownish above; back with ill-defined dark spots; limbs 

 with dark cross-bars; a light spot, bordered with black, in the 

 loin; beneath speckled with white. Length 19 mm. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Tor riv. ! ; Njao!). 



15. Hylophorbus Macl. 



(Macleav, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.-S.-Wales, II, 1878, p. 136; Fry, Mem. Queens- 

 land Mus., II, 1913, p. 48).' 

 riirynixalus Boettger, Zool. Anz., XVIII, 1895, p. 133. 

 Maiitophryne Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) XIX, 1897, p. 12. 

 Gnathophrym v. Mehely, Termesz. Fuzetek, XXIV, 1901, p. 225. 

 Metopostira v. Mehely, ibid., p. 238. 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue large, oval, more or less free behind. 

 Palate toothless. Two transverse dermal ridges across the palate, 

 in front of the pharynx, the posterior one denticulated, the 

 anterior one smooth. Tympanum more or less distinct. Fingers 

 and toes free '), the tips dilated. Outer metatarsals united. 



No procoracoids or clavicles. Terminal phalanges T-shaped. 



Distribution: Philippines; Halmahera; New Guinea; 

 Australia. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



A. Disks of fingers large. 



I. The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the 



anterior border of the eye 1. H. biroi p. 138. 



II. The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches beyond 

 the eye. 



1. Interorbital space broader than the upper 

 eyelid. 



a. Tympanum 2 / 3 the width of the eye. . . 2. H. varicgatus p. 138. 

 /'. Tympanum less than '/, the width of 



the eye 3. H. mofitanus p. 139. 



2. Interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid. 4. H. boettgeri p. 140. 



B. Disks of fingers small. 



I. Loreal region nearly vertical. 



1. Tympanum as large as the eye 5. H. rufescens p. 140. 



2. Tympanum about >/ 2 to 3 / 4 the width of the eye. 6. H. occllaius p. 141. 

 II. Loreal region oblique. 



I. Interorbital space once to i'/ 2 times the 

 width of the upper eyelid. 



1) See however H. (?) neuhanssi p. 144. 



