108 EANID^. 



tudinal median crest ; cauthus rostralis angular ; tymi)ai)um two 

 thirds the width of the eye. Fingers slender, first as long as second ; 

 toes webbed at the base ; disks rather large. The hind limb being 

 carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 beyond the tip of the snout. A conical tubercle on the upper eye- 

 lid ; scapulary and temporal regions with small glandules and short 

 folds ; a strong fold from the eye above the tympanum to the angle 

 of the mouth; the remainder of the upper surfaces smooth; belly 

 granular. Dark brown above, lighter beneath. 

 New Guinea. 



2. Cornufer dorsalis. 



Cornufer dorsalis, Gilnth. Cat. p. 84. 

 Cornufer dorsalis, A. Bum. Ann. Sc. Nat. (3) xix. p. 174. 

 Halophila vitieusis, Girard, Proc. Ac. Pliilad. \\. p. 423. 



chryseus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 154. 



platydactyla; Giinth. Proc. ZooL b'oc. 1804, p. 49. 



Lower surface of hand. Lower surface of foot. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups behind the level of the 

 choanse. Snout once and one third as long as the orbital diameter ; 

 canthus rostralis angular ; interorbital space as broad as the upper 

 eyelid ; crown flat ; tympanum half the width of the eye. Fingers 

 moderate, first shorter than second, the tips dilated into large disks ; 

 toes moderate, webbed at the base, with small disks : subarticular 

 tubercles well developed ; two metatarsal tubercles. The hind 

 limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches in front of the eye. Skin smooth, granular on the 

 belly and under the thighs : a small tubercle on the upper eyelid. 

 Greyish or reddish brown above, with more or less distinct blackish 

 markings on the back ; sometimes a light iine along the middle of 

 the head and back and along the hind limbs ; lower surfaces more 

 or less marbled with brown. 



Fiji Islands ; (Java ?). 



a. Hgr. Fiji Islands. Voyage of the ' Herald.' 



5. Several spec, $&hgr. Fiji Islands. {ty^Q o^ H. platydactyla.) 



3. Cornufer guentheri. (Plate XL fig. 3.) 



Tongue with a conical papilla in the anterior part of the median 

 line. Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups behind the level of the 



