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as fourth; third toe longer than fifth; subarticular tubercles 

 and the oval inner metatarsal tubercle feebly prominent; no 

 outer metatarsal tubercle; the heel reaches the shoulder or 

 the tympanum. 



Skin smooth ; a strong fold above the tympanum and some- 

 times a cross fold between the eyes. 



Reddish or purplish brown above, uniform or with small, 

 roundish, black spots; loin, thigh and lower side of tibia some- 

 times with large, circular, white spots; pale brown or yellowish 

 beneath. Length ioo mm. 



The eggs are large (7 X 6,5 mm.) and united by a gelati- 

 nous string; they are deposited on the land and watched by 

 the male; the embryo has no gills: respiration takes place 

 by the tail; the development is direct (v. Mehely). 



Habitat: New Guinea! (Sattelberg, + 800 m. ; Simbang). — 

 St. Aignan isl. 



9. Hylophorbus microtis (Wern.). 



Mantophryne microtis Werner, Zool. Anz., XXIV, 1901, p. 102. 



Habit stout. Head triangular, broader than long, its width 

 2 / 5 the length of head and body; occiput somewhat swollen; 

 snout truncated, a little shorter than the eye ; canthus rostralis 

 distinct; loreal region oblique, feebly concave; nostril much 

 nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; interorbital space 

 twice the width of the upper eyelid; tympanum feebly distinct, 

 about l / 3 the width of the eye. Fingers with hardly distinct, 

 toes with distinct small disks; first finger shorter than second; 

 subarticular tubercles feeble; a small, elliptic, flat inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle; the heel reaches the anterior border of the 

 tympanum. 



Skin smooth, with small tubercles on the sides and on the 

 back; a strong fold above the tympanum. 



Upper parts rather dark olive green ; snout and upper eye- 

 lids blackish; sides and hind limbs with scattered white dots; 

 greenish yellow beneath. Length 56 mm. 



Habitat: N.-E.-New Guinea. 



10. Hylophorbus (?) neuhaussi (Vogt) 1 ). 



Manthophryne neuhaussi Vogt, Sitzungsber. Ges. naturf. Fr. Berlin, 191 1, p. 425. 

 1) Description completed by informations from Mr. Vogt. 



