BY DENE B. FRY. 



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the fingers ; a small inner and a larger outer metatarsal 

 tubercle. Skin smooth above, granulate on the belly and 

 symphysis. A fold of skin runs from the eye to the shoulder^ 



Fig. 5. — Hyla lesueurii, D. and B., var. vinosa, Lamb. 

 a hand, 6 foot, c vomerine teeth (enlarged). 



above the tympanum ; another along the inner edge of the 

 tarsus. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaches far beyond the 

 tip of the snout. 



Colour {formalin) : — Vinous brown above, with faint 

 irregular smudge . Sides lighter. Uncler-surfaces creamish. 

 An indistinct daik band between the eye-lids. A brownish 

 band commences behind the eye, and passes through the 

 tympanum to the shoulder, where it breaks up. Groin with 

 about half-a-dozen large dark brown spots, the largest,, 

 light -edged. Front side of thighs with an irregular brownish 

 band of markings ; hinder-side black with white marblings. 

 Sliank with a few brown spots on the inner side. 



The above description and the figure on Plate II. were 

 drawn up from the type specimen of Hyla vinosa. Lamb., 

 kindly lent to me bj^ Dr. R. Hamlyn-Hanis, Director of 

 the Queensland Museum. In the original description this 

 frog was compared to Hyla riigrofrenata, Gthr., but its 

 affinities are more with H. lesueurii than that species. 

 I am inclined to regard the differences as too slight to allow 

 it specific distinction from the latter. Nevertheless, it 

 is a good geographical race, although it does not wholly 

 replace H. lesueurii in the northern State. I have recently 



