138 HYLODES OCULARIS. 
Dimensions. Length, 11 lines; thighs, 33 lines; leg, 3} lines; tarsus and toes, 
6s lines. 
Haszirs. ‘This beautiful little animal, the smallest of the frog kind with which 
T am acquainted, is closely allied to the Hylodes gryllus in its habits, choosing 
the same damp places for its abode, and is not unfrequently found on the leaves 
of such low shrubs as inhabit the same localities, as the myrtle (Myrica cerifera); 
and like the Hylodes gryllus, too, it has the power of adhering to smooth 
surfaces, though not so perfectly as the Hyle. 
GrocrapuicaL Distrisution. South Carolina and Georgia can only, for the 
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present, be given as the abode of the Hylodes ocularis, although doubtless it will 
be found to have a much wider range. 
Generat Remarks. I have chosen the specific name Ocularis for this animal, 
from the black spot along the eye; and this has been done the more willingly, as 
it is possible this animal may in the end prove to be the Hyla ocularis of Bosc 
and Daudin, which Leconte thinks, however, is most probably only a variety of the 
Hyla squirella; and yet, as this animal is not unfrequently found on low bushes, 
or leaps upon them when pursued, it is not impossible that Bose might have 
supposed it to be a real Hyla. Should it then turn out to be the Hyla ocularis of 
Bosc, an additional synonyme will be saved; but if it is an undescribed animal, 
which I believe, then the denomination Hylodes ocularis is well enough, as it 
belongs to another genus. 
The members of this genus, like those of the last, are all diurnal in their habits, 
or seek their food by daylight. They all delight in the heat of the sun, and the 
brighter its rays, the more merry and noisy are they. They are all found near 
water, or in darkish places, like the Ranoida, but are never observed sitting half 
immersed in it, though they will conceal themselves by diving to the bottom when 
pursued. 
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