6. COBNUFEE. 7. PHKTJfOBATKACHUS. Ill 



hinder edge of the choanae. Snout once and a half as long as the 

 orbital diameter ; canthus rostralis rather angular ; crown flat ; 



Lower surface of baud. Lower surface of foot. 



interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum vertically 

 oval, half the width of the eye. Fingers and toes moderate, quite 

 free, with slightly dilated tips and very strong subarticular tuber- 

 cles ; a blunt, oval inner, and a rather indistinct rounded outer 

 metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along 

 the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches in front of the eye. 

 Skin smooth, granular on the belly and under the thighs. Dark 

 brown above, ofteji lighter dotted and marbled ; more or less mar- 

 bled with brown beneath. 



Polynesia ; (Indian Archipelago ?). 



a-c. 5 & yg- Fiji Islands. Lords of the Admiralty[P.]. 



d. 5,skelfitou. Fiji Islands. Lords of the Admiralty [P.l. 



e. 5 Fiji Islands. Mus. Ecou. Geol. 

 /. Yg. Oualan Island. 



g-h,i-l,m. $ , bgr., & yg. Fiji Islands. Voyage of the 'Herald.' 



9. Cormifer imilineatus. 



Platymantis unilineata, Peters, Mon. Bed. Ac. 1809, p. 447. 



Habit, dentition, and proportion of the limbs as in C. vitianus, 

 but the two inner fingers of equal length. Dark brown above, with 

 a few indistinct darker spots, and a line from the tip of the snout 

 to the vent. 



Great Viti Island. 



7. PHRYNOBATRACHUS. 



Steuorbynchus, Smith, III. 8. Afr., Iiept.,Aj]p. p. 23 ; Giinth. Cat. p. l-'Jo. 

 PbryuobatracbuS; Giinth. I'roc. Zool. Soc. 1802, p. 190. 

 Leptoparius, Peters, Mon. Beri. Ac. 18(33, p. 4o2. 

 Dicroglossus, sp., Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1802, p. 341. 

 Stamois, sp., Cope, Ned. Hist. Rev. 1805, p. 117. 

 Heteroglossa, sp., Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. 1807, vi. p. 193. 

 Artholeptis, sp., Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1875, p. 210. 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue free and deeply notched behind. Vome- 

 rine teeth none. Tympanum distinct or hidden. Fingers free ; toes 



