S4 HERl'ETOLOGICAL NOTES 



b. Groin and hinder tfiich with accentuated purple blotches. S. and 



W. Austr. .. .. .. H. ewingii V. calliscelis, Ptrs. 



c. Groin and thighs yellowish with faint brown speckles. (N.S.W.) 



H. ewingii v. krefftii, Gthr. 

 A. A. Disc of fingers smaller than tympanum. Fingers with a web which 

 is merely a continuation of a more or less obvious fringe. 



d. Back warty. Gular region and undersurfaces of arms coarsely 



granular. Green or olive above. Kosciusko Plateau. 



H. ewingii v. alpina. Fry. 

 dd. Back smooth or minutely granular. 



e. Back usually greyish. A distinct 5«7?;cr?/ streak from 



the corner of the mouth. Sides of body and thighs 



yellow or with delicate speckles. (Tas. and Vic.) 



H. ewingii v. typica (Blgr. and Flet.) 



/. Back usually brownish. Streak at corner of mouth 

 usually yellowish and not very distinct. Sides of 

 body and thighs with brownish spots. (Tas.?, 

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



13. Hyla lesueurii, D. and B., var. vinosa, Lamb. 



(Plate II, Fig. 2, Text fig. 5.) 



Hyla vinosa, Lamb , Ann. Q'land Mus., No. 10, 1911, p. 27. 



Hyla lesueurii, D. and B., var.. Fry, Rec. Austr. Mus., ix, 

 1912, p. 106. 



Head slightly broader than long, the measurement 

 taken at a line drawn between the hinder margins of the 

 tympana. Snout prominent, longer than the diameter 

 of the eye. Canthus rostralis angular, loreal region 

 oblique, not concave. Nostril nearer the tip of the snout 

 than the eye. Interorbital space as broad as the upper 

 eye-Ud. Tympanum very distinct, shghtly more than 

 half the diameter of the eye. Tongue sub-circular, shghtly 

 nicked and free on the sides and behind. Vomerine teeth 

 in two slightly oblique contiguous groups between the middle 

 of the choanse. Fingers free, first and second equal ; 

 discs enlarged, that of the third finger shghtly more than 

 half the tympanum. A large tubercle on the base of the 

 first finger ; no external rudiment of pollex ; two small 

 approximated metacarpal tubercles, and several small 

 indistinct palmar tubercles. Toes webbed to the discs 

 •except on the fourth ; discs about as large as those of 



