8 University of Michigan 



Boquete on the trail to Chiriqui Grande, 4,500 feet, by F. M. 

 Gaige, May 15, 1923. 



Description of type specimen: Snout moderate, as long as 

 orbit ; loreal region vertical, somewhat concave ; nostril nearer 

 tip of snout than eye ; interorbital space much broader than 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum indistinct, 1/3 the size of eye ; disks 

 well developed, smaller than t^Tnpanum ; third finger swollen, 

 as wide as disk ; disk of toe I half as large as that of toe II ; 



Bight forefoot of male of PhyUobatfs nubicoJa, ventral surface, x"!^. 



disk of toe V half as large as that of toe IV; tip of toe I 

 reaches penultimate joint of toe II ; tip of toe II reaches ante- 

 penultimate joint of toe III ; tip of toe III reaches antepen- 

 ultimate joint of toe IV ; two phalanges of toe IV beyond tip 

 of toe V; tip of toe V reaches past penultimate joint of toe 

 III ; two small metatarsal tubercles ; a tubercle in the middle 

 of the tarsus ; tibiotarsal articulation reaching eye ; skin 

 smooth. Head and body black above and on sides ; a light line 

 from above eye to groin ; a light line under eye above insertion 

 of arm to groin ; chin and throat black, belly mottled black and 

 white: a dark line on anterior edge of thigh; a dark line on 

 dorsal surface of thigh : a dark triangle, apex at vent, comers 

 along thigh ; light portions of thigh red, legs and arms uni- 

 form dusk^- : snout to vent 21 mm. : head width 7 mm. ; head 

 length 7 mm. ; arm 13 mm. ; leg 28 mm. 



Yariutions: Females are white below. Many males have 

 only the throat dark. Many specimens have the lower light line 

 continuous around upper lip. Specimens seen : 30, as follows : 

 Cloud forest above Gutierrez. 6.000 feet on trail from Chiri- 



