194 CXSTIGNATHID^. 



subarticiilar tubercles small ; two small metatarsal tubercles. The 

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

 articulation reaches in front of the eye. Skin smooth, slightly 

 tubercular on the sides, Brown above, spotted with darker ; hinder 

 side of thighs marbled ; limbs cross-barred ; lower surfaces dirty 

 white, the belly marbled with greyish. 

 Erazil. 



a. 2 • S. America. 



2. Elosia bufonia. 



Elosia bufonium, (Jimrd, Proc. Ac. PhiUul. vi. 1853, p. 423, and U.S. 

 Expl Ei-jK, Herp. p. 6G, pi. 4. f. 23-27. 



Differs from E. nasus chiefly in the shorter hind limbs, the tarso- 

 metatarsal articulation not extending beyond the tip of the snout, 

 liio Janeiro. 



3. Elosia vonierina. 



Elo&ia vomerina, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. \\. 1853, p. 423, and U.S. 

 Expl. Exped. Herp., p. GO, pi. 4. f. 17-22. 



Tongue subcircular, discoid, broadly emarginated posteriorly. 

 Vomerine teeth in a transverse and rectilinear series immediately in 

 advance of the anterior margin of the choana). Nostril a little 

 nearer the tip of the snout than the eye. Tympanum proportionally 

 larger than in the two preceding species. Inner metatarsal tnbercle 

 resembling a rudimentary toe. If the hind limb is carried forwards 

 along the body, the middle of the tarsus reaches the tip of the snout. 

 Skin perfectly smooth. 



Rio Janeiro. 



8. PHYLLOBATES*. 



Phvllobates, Bum. 4- Bihr. viii. p. 637; Giinth. Cat. p. 90; Cope, 

 Naf. Hist. Pev. 1865, p. 112, and Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, 

 p. 96. 



* 1. Fhyllohates glandtdosus, (Fitz.) fcteiudachn. Ifovara. Amph. p. 53, pi. 3. 

 f. 1-4.— Brazil. 



2. Phi/Uohatespeniensis, SteindacLu. 1. c. p. 53, pi. 4. f. 8-11. — Peru. (Perhaps 

 a Hylocles.) 



3. Phyllohates clcgans. — Dr. Giiuther has mentioned (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, 

 p. 470), but not described, under this name a PJiyllohates of wliicb but one sj.e- 

 cimeu — from Bogota — is in the collection. He thought this species might be 

 the same as Liiqjcrns clcganfi, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 447 ; hut from the 

 original description of Prof. Peters, and from a subsequent note (eod. loc. 1869, 

 p. 879), I am convinced that the specimen in the British Museum is altogether 

 different from Liiipcrtis clcgans, which probably belongs to the genus Paludicola, 

 as defined in the present Catalogue. I have not been able to refer this P/iglio- 

 liafcs to any of the species described. But I think it more prudent to put it 

 aside than establish a species upon insufficient material in a genus of which I 

 have no direct knowledge. 



