196 CYSTIGNATHID^. 



bemg carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articuhition 

 reaches hardly the eye. !^kiii smooth below, slightly granular upon 

 the lateral, gluteal, and occipital regions ; a delicate dermal fold on 

 the median line of the back : palms and soles granular ; outer me- 

 tatarsal tubercle very small. Above chestnut ; a white line ex- 

 tends from the end of the snout to the knee-joint ; beneath this a 

 broad black Imnd extends to the same position ; upper surfaces of 

 hind limbs and anal region blackish brown ; inferior surface of hind 

 limbs and sides of belly spotted with brown : upper lip yellow. 

 Very small. 

 Eastern Cuba. 



3. Phyllobates cystigiiathoides. 



Phyllobates cystignathoides, Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. xvii. 

 1877, p. m. 



Habit of Hylodes rliodoj^is. 8nout rather elongate, narrowed, 

 rounded, not projecting much beyond the lip ; nostril nearer the 

 tip of the snout than the eye ; tympanum very distinct, half the 

 diameter of the orbit. Disks of fingers and toes moderate ; sub- 

 articular tubercles prominent ; two metatarsal tubercles. The hind 

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

 lation marks the middle of the eye. Skin entirely smooth. E eddish 

 brown above, leather-brown beneath ; back thickly spotted with 

 large blackish spots ; sides marbled with lighter and darker ; upper 

 lip with a few pale spots ; limbs obscurely cross-banded. 



Cordova, Yera Cruz. 



4. Phyllobates melanorhinus. 



PhyUobates melauorliinus, Gi'mth. Cat. p. 91 . 

 Phyllobates melanorliiuus, Berthold, Gottiny. Nachr. 1845, p. 43, and 

 Ahhandl. Ges. Wiss. Gottiiif/. iii. 184G, p. 14, pi. 1. f. 7; Keferst. 

 Giitfimj. Kachi: 1867, p. 354. 



Snout broad, rounded, with angular canthus rostralis ; tympanum 

 distinct, half the diameter of the eye. First finger longer than 

 second ; disks of fingers and toes small. Skin everywhere smooth. 

 Uniform greyish yellow above, blackish beneath ; snout blackish ; 

 limbs variegated with blackish or grey. Male with a vocal sac. 



Colombia. 



5. Phyllobates hylaeformis. 



Phvllobates hybeformis, Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. (u. s.) viii. 1870, 

 p. 107, pi. 23. f. 8. 



Habit of a Hyla. Snout rounded, depressed, not produced ; can- 

 thus rostralis obtuse ; loreal region oblique ; intcrorbital space wide ; 

 tympanum one sixth of orbit. Disks of fingers and toes rather large. 

 Skin smooth above and below. Colour above rich brown, divided 

 on the vertebral line by a narrow red stripe ; thighs light brown 



