»!i HERPETOLOGICAL NOTES. 



H. ewingii ii. tijjiica (Tasmania and Victoria). 

 H. ewingii v. calliocelis, Ptrs. (Tas., Vict., South and 

 , West Australia). 



H. ewingii v. krefffii, Gthr. (New South Wales). 

 H. ewingii v. orientalis Flet. (Coast of N.S.W.). 



The records of "" South " and " West Australia " are 

 based on Peters'* original type locality, and Boulenger'sf 

 record respectively, no specimens from these States being 

 available to him. 



H. ewingii v. orientalis% was described as a new variety,, 

 to receive the New South Wales specimens which would 

 not fit in with v. krefftii, Gthr., and overlap the latter in 

 range. Boulengerj] records v. krefftii from Port Denison, 

 Queensland, but I am inclined to mistrust that locahty, 

 even with a specimen in the Australian Museum with a 

 label, 'of doubtful validity, showing the locality "Queens- 

 land." 



In the Australian Museum collection H. ewingii is 

 richly represented by over one hundred specimens from 

 man}^ localities. After examining these I find my con- 

 clusions are slighth^ at variance with those of Mr. Fletcher. 

 My understanding of the varieties is as follows : — 



Hyla ewingii v. fyjnca (Tas., Vic, Iss. Bass Str.) 



H. ewingii v. calliscelis, Ptrs. (S. and W. Austr.) 



H. ewingii v. krefftii, Gthr. (N.S.W.) 



H. ewingii v. alpina, Fry (Tablelands, Southern 



N.S.W.) 

 H. ewingii v. orientalis, Flet. (Tas.?, Vic, N.S.W.) 



Two specimens of H. eivingii v. calliscelis, Ptrs., from 

 South Australia** show conclusively that it was a mistake 

 to consider specimens with a spotted groin from Eastern 

 Australia as belonging to that variety. Thus I regard 

 V. calliscelis as confined to South and Western AustraUa. 



* Peters :— Mon. Berl. Ac, 1874, p. 620. 

 t Boulenger :— Brit. Mus. Cat. Batr. Sal., 1882, p. 407. 

 % Fletcher :— Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., xxii, 1898, p. 670. 

 II Boulenger :— Brit. Mus. Cat. Batr., Sal., 1882, p. 407. 

 ** These two specimens are from Adelaide, Peters' type locality. 



