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HYLODES OCULARIS.—Hblbrook. 
Plate XXXV. 
Cuaracters. Head long; snout pointed; upper jaw white, which colour is 
continued to the anterior extremity, above this a black band runs over the 
shoulder and terminates on the flanks; body short, chestnut-brown or bronzed; 
abdomen yellowish-white. 
Descrirtion. The head is long, narrow, and the snout pointed; the mouth is 
large, and the palate armed with two groups of minute teeth placed between the 
posterior nares. P F 
The nostrils are lateral, and rather nearer the snout than the orbits. The 
eyes are small, but prominent, the pupil black, and the iris grey, with a tinge of 
red. ‘The upper lip is white, and this colour is continued in a line to the axilla; 
above this is a black blotch, which begins very narrow and becomes broad under 
the orbit, passes over the shoulder, and there terminates. The chin and throat is 
yellowish-white. 
The body is small, elongated and delicate, uniform chestnut-brown or bronze- 
coloured above, and yellowish-white below. The anterior extremities are small, 
brown above, and clouded-white below; there are four fingers, distinct, and 
slightly enlarged at their tips. The posterior extremities are very long, reddish- 
brown above, barred with dusky, and obscure white below; there are five toes, 
webbed, and enlarged at their extremities. 
Vor. IV.—18 
