454 Mr. G. A. Boulenffcr on American Batrachians. 



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Paludtcola sigmfera. 



Bhinodcnna sHjnifcra, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1853, p. 424, and U.-S. 



Explor. Exped., Ilerp. p. 72 (1858). 

 Liuperus hiliyonigems, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 517. 

 Gvmphohatcs notatiis, Reinh. & Liitk. Vid. Middel. 1861, p. 173, pi. iv. 



fig. 3. 

 Goinj>]toh(des Krbijeri, Pieinh, & Liitk. I. c. p. 176. 

 I'k'urodenta b'dir/onigera, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 352. 

 Leivpenis cdbonotatus, Steiud. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wieu, 1862, p. 272, 



pi. xvi. fig. 4, and p. 551. 

 Leiupervs ephippifer, Steind. /. c. p. 277, pi. xiv. fig. 1, and pi. xvi. fig. 5. 

 Gomphohates bilujonujerus, Cope, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. xi. 1869, p. 168. 

 Taludicola notata, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 223. 

 Faludicola hdiijoniyera, Bouleng. Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 234 (1882). 

 Pidiidicola Kroyevi, Bouleng. I. c. p. 235. 



Hundreds of specimens, from Santa Catliarina and Parana, 

 liave lately ])assed through my liands, and show beyond doubt 

 that P. Kroijerij K,. & L., is only a variety of the species 

 named Bliinoderma sigmfera by Girard and Liuperus biligo- 

 7iigerus by Cope. Some specimens are smooth, others are 

 covered with warts, others have the longitudinal folds charac- 

 teristic of P. 7f?■6J/fr^; some have the snout rounded, others 

 have it pointed ; some are uniformly coloured on the back, 

 others are marked with insuliform spots, whilst others, again, 

 are striped. But all these ditferences are completely bridged 

 over Avhen a large series, from the same locality, are examined. 

 The inguinal spots, which are rarely absent, are constantly 

 small and uncovered by the folded limbs. The metatarsal 

 tubercles are larger and more compressed than in P. gracilis^ 

 and the tibio-tarsal articulation does not reach beyond the 

 posterior border of the orbit. 



Borhorocoetes miliaris. 

 Buna miliaris, Spix, Spec. Nov. Test. Pan. Bras. p. 30, pi. vi. fig. 1 



Ci/f:fi(//i(dJins Missressn, E^d. & Soul. Vov. ' Bonite,' Zool. i. p. 148, 



pi. X. fig. 2 (1841). 

 Ci/sfi(/nafkns difcolor, Reinli. & Liitk. Vid. Meddel. 1861, p. 109. 

 Thoro2M Missiessii, Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1865, p. 110. 

 Olohpjon ahhreviatus, Steind. Novara, Arupli. p. 65, pi. iv. figs. 16-18 



(1867). 

 Hylodes alhvcviaius, liens. Arch. f. Nat. 1867, p. 151. 

 Ololycjon miliaris, I'eters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 206. 

 Tlioro2)a vnliaris, Bouleug. Cat. J3atr. Ecuud. p. 331 (1882). 



Prof. Liitken having kindly communicated to me the type 

 specimens of C/jstignafluis discolor^ I come to the conclusion 

 that that species is not diiferent from Ololggon miliaris^ of 



