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58. B. chilensis, Tschudi. — (A) Adult male, 3 inches long; and (B) Tadpole 

 f inch long ; tail, I inch ; hind legs, -^(jth of an inch. Arequipa, Peru. 



59. Bu/o lentiginosus, Shaw. — (A) Tadpole, -| inch long; hind legs, -^ inch long; 



and (B) newly metamorphosed young male, |^ inch long. Penekese Island 

 Mass., U.S. 

 GO. B. vulgaris, Laur. — Adult and Tadpoles many stages. England. 



61. B. calamita, Laur. — Adult female, 2f mches long. England. 



62. B. ornatus, Spix. — Adult female, 2g- inches long. S. America. 

 Second genus. Otilophus. 



63. Otilophus marf/aritifer, Latr. — (A) Half-gi-own female, 1^ inch long ; Vene- 



zuela ; and (B) adult female, 2| inches long (Hyrtl's prepn. Mus. Coll. 

 Surg., Eng.), Brazils. 



Second Family. " Rhinodermatid^." 



This group agrees wth the " Bufonidoe " in many things, but there are no parotoids, 

 and the ear is less jDerfectly developed. 



Fii'st genus. Rhinodenna. 



64. Rhinodevma DarLviiiii, Du.M. and Bib. — Adult m:de, 1 inch longc. Chili. 

 Second genus. Diplopelma. 



65. Diplopelma ornatum vel ruhrum, Dum. and Bib., sp. — Adult male, 11 lines 



long. India. 



66. Diplopelma Berdmorei (?), Blyth (Gunther, Rep. of Brit. Ind., p. 417). — 



Adult female, 1 inch 1 line long. ]\Iouluiin, Tenasserim. 



Tliird Family. " Brachycephalidje." 



These Toads have "no tympanum nor cavum tympaui"; — "free toes, with the pro- 

 cesses of sacral vertebrne dilated, and without parotoids." ("Batr. Sal.," p. 45.) 



Genus Pseudophryne. 



67. Pseudophryne Bihronii, Gthr. — Adult female, 1 inch long; adult male, 



I inch long. N. S. Wales. 



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Fourth Family. " Phryniscid.*: 



Ear imperfect (sometimes with a coUumella, as in Phryniscus crucigcr); webbed toes; 

 dilated sacral apophyses ; and no parotoids. 



Genus Phryniscus. 



68. Phryniscus cruciger, Marti:^s and GuNTHER. — Adult male, l^ inch long. 



Interior of Brazils. 



69. P. varius, Stan., sp. — Adult female, Ij inch lung. Costa Rica. 



70. P. lieids, Gthr.— Adult female, 1§ inch long. Ecuador. 



