New Species of Hyla and Raria, 2b I 



legs bordered with dusky, the latter on the fore part, the 

 former on the hind, and very obscurely barred with darker ; 

 hind toes semi-palmate. 



Length one and a half to one and three quarters of an inch. 



/3. Above brown, the greater part of the back occupied by a 

 large irregular blotch of darker, containing two or three 

 roundish spots of paler, legs strongly barred with darker. 

 Inhabits with the last. 



4. H.* delitescens. Above cinereous, irregularly spotted and 

 speckled with darker ; beneath whitish, granulate on the 

 abdomen, and under side of the thighs : head somewhat 

 obtuse, irides golden, lips whitish, chin speckled with brown, 

 exterior part of the thighs, and the whole of the under side 

 of both the fore and hind legs yellow ; region of the anus 

 varied with cinereous ; legs not barred, but varied and 

 speckled with darker, hind toes semi-palmate : somewhat 

 larger than the last. 

 Inhabits Georgia, under the bark of decaying trees. 



H* versicolor. Broader, and not so tapering in form as the 

 others ; above covered with small warts, colour varying at 

 the will of the animal, from pale brown to ash and green, 

 with a few black spots ; at times when they are brown, the 

 back is more or less marked with an acute angled cross, 

 which, however, vanishes with a change of colour ; beneath 

 white, granulate on the abdomen, and under side of the 

 thighs : head and auricles small, irides golden, hind part of 

 the abdomen and hind legs beneath yellow, hind legs of 

 moderate length ; toes semi-palmate. 



Length two inches. 



Inhabits on trees in the Northern States. Has a moister or 



more viscid look than either of the other species, and more 



resembles a toad in form. Is considered by the vulgar as 



poisonous. During damp weather, or on the approach of 



vain, croaks continual I* 



