188 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on 



prominent ; a small, oval inner metatarsal tubercle. The 

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye ; tibia half the length 

 of head and body. Upper parts rugose with small wartSj 

 lower parts smooth. Grey above, with blackish symmetrical 

 markings, forming a large Xon the back, and a subtriangular 

 blotch between the eyes ; upper lip with dark bars radiating 

 from the eye ; limbs with dark cross-bands, the front of the 

 thighs with black and white bars, the back of the thighs black, 

 with or without large white spots ; throat and lower surface 

 of thighs yellowish, belly and flanks white with large black 

 spots and marblings. 



Total length 37 mm. 



A single adidt specimen from Chanchamayo, E. Peru, 

 2600 feet, from the collection of Mr. C. SchuidvC, and an 

 adult and two very young from El Topo, R. Pastazn, 

 E. Ecuador, 4200 feet, from the collection of Mr. M. G. 

 Palmers 



Hylodes tccniaius. 



Tongue oval, nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in two 

 oblique oval groups behind the level of the choana3. Snout 

 rounded, as long as orbit, with strong, nearly straight canthus 

 and oblique, concave loreal region j nostril near the tip of the 

 snout; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; 

 tympanum distinct, one-thi]*d the diameter of the eye. 

 Fingers and toes rather short, the tips dilated into large, 

 broad disks ; first finger not extending as far as second ; a 

 slight rudiment of web between the toes ; subarticular 

 tubercles well developed ; a small oval inner and a very small 

 rounded outer metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches the tip of the snout ; tibia nearly two-thirds 

 the length of head and body. Skin smooth, the belly very 

 indistinctly granulate. Brown above, darker on the sides ; 

 a blackish, light-edged streak on each side of the back, from 

 the eye to above the groin, gradually converging towards its 

 fellow; a dark brown streak, with a fine median light line, 

 from the tip of the snout to the sacral region ; a dark streak 

 from the upper eyelid to the scapular region ; a canthal 

 streak and two bars below the eye blackish ; limbs with 

 oblique dark cross-bauds, heel whitish ; white beneath, throat 

 speckled with brown. 



From snout to vent 27 mm. 



A single specimen from Noananoa, Rio San Juan, Choco, 

 S.W. Colombiaj from the collection of Mr. M. G. Palmer. 



