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two thirds the diameter of the cj-e. Fingers moderate, first louccr 

 than second ; toes quite free ; disks small ; subarticular tubercles 

 well developed ; two metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb being 

 carried forwards along the bodj', the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 the tip of the snout. Skin smooth, with several fine linear glan- 

 dular folds — one from the eye above the tympanum to the shoulder, 

 another from the eye to the centre of the back, and one or two on 

 each side of the hinder part of the back. Erown above ; a black 

 stripe from the tip of the snout through the eye to the shoulder, 

 sometimes a black spot in the centre of the back : anal region 

 blackish; hind limbs indistinctly cross-barred. 

 Mexico. 



fl. Ilgr.? Mexico. M. Salle [0.]. (Tyns of H. mllm.) 



b. Hgr.? Vera Paz. O. Salvin, Esq. [C.]. 



7. Hylodes conspicillatus. (Plate XIV. fig. 2.) 



Hylodes conspicillatus, Giint/i. Cat. p. 92. 

 Lithodytes conspicillatus, Cojje, Proe. Ac. PMlad. 186S_, p. 115. 



Tongue oval, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in two 

 small groups behind the level of the choanre. Snout subacumi- 

 ]iate, with angular canthus rostralis ; the orbital diameter equals 

 the distance between the eye and the nostril, or two thirds of the 

 distance between the former and the tip of the snout ; interorbital 

 space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum half the diameter 

 of the eye. Fingers moderate, first not extending beyond second ; 

 toes moderate, with a rudimentary web ; disks and subarticular 

 tubercles well developed ; a small oval inner, and a rather indistinct 

 rounded outer metatarsal tubercle. Hind limb very variable in 

 length ; carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articula- 

 tion reaches the tip of the snout or beyond. Skin smooth, granular 

 round the belly and under the thighs. Erown or olive above, 

 generally with chevron-shaped dark bands across the back ; a dark 

 stripe between the eyes ; a blackish streak along the canthus ros- 

 tralis and above the tympanum ; limbs cross-barred ; hinder side of 

 thighs generally black-and-white marbled ; sometimes a white stripe 

 on each side of the back ; whitish beneath, immaculate or marbled 

 with brown. Male with an internal vocal sac. 



Ecuador. 



«. 2. Andes of Ecuador. Mr. Eraser [0.]. (Type 



of H. conspicillcdus.) 

 b, c-d, e,f, (J, h. S 2 • W. Ecuador. Mr. Eraser [C.l 



i-h. S 2 • lutac, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley [C.]. 



/. 2 . Paitanga, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley "0.]. 



m~n. 2 & yg- Sarayacu, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley [U._J. 



