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front of it. Snout obtusely rounded, a little shorter than the 

 eye ; canthus rostralis rounded ; interorbital space a little broader 

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, somewhat more 

 than ^/g the diameter of the eye. Disks of fingers small, that 

 of first finger still smaller than those of the other ones, those of 

 the toes a little larger, but not more than half the diameter 

 of the tympanum; first finger much shorter than second, which 

 is shorter than fourth ; third toe much longer than fifth ; toes 

 free ; subarticular tubercles very indistinct, inner metatarsal 

 tubercle small ; the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the 

 tympanum. 



Skin smooth. 



Yellowish red, back more brownish, upper parts with rather 

 large, irregular, reddish brown spots ; eyelids and snout blackish; 

 a few light spots on the upper lip ; a dark lateral band from 

 the eye to the middle of the body; throat and breast marbled 

 with reddish brown. Length 16,5 mm. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Sattelberg). 



5. Sphenophryne fusca (Mocq.). 



Chaperina fusca Mocquard. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, V, 1892, p. 194, pi. VII, 



figs. 2 — 2J>. 

 Chaperina fusca v. Mehely, Termesz. Fiizetek, XXIV, 1901, p. 257, pi. VI, 



figs. 4 — 5 (skull), X, fig. 7 (terminal phalanx), XII, fig. 3. 



Tongue large, oval, entire; a denticulated dermal ridge across 

 the palate behind the tubae, and a round tubercle in front 

 of it. Head a little broader than long ; snout rounded, hardly 

 longer than the eye ; canthus rostralis very obtuse ; loreal 

 region oblique; nostril nearer to the tip of the snout than to the 

 eye; interorbital space nearly twice the width of the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum distinct, somewhat less than half the dia- 

 meter of the eye. Fingers and toes with small disks, those 

 of the toes somewhat larger than those of the fingers; first 

 finger shorter than second ; third toe longer than fifth ; toes 

 free; subarticular and the oblong inner metatarsal tubercle 

 feebly developed ; the heel reaches the eye. 



Skin smooth; a fold above the tympanum. 



Brown above; throat and breast brownish, dotted with white; 

 belly and lower surface of thighs yellowish, finely speckled 

 or marbled with brown. Length 24 mm. 



The description given above has been taken from v. Mehely, 



