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region, a band between the eyes, one above the tympanum, and some 

 dorsal spots darker ; beneath light brownish. Male with a subgular 

 vocal sac. 



New Providence Island, Bahamas. 



17. Hylodes binotatus. 



Rana binotata, Spix, Test. Ran. Bras. p. 31, pi. 20. f. 3. 

 Enydrobius abbreviatiis, Wayl. Syst. A7nph. p. 202. 

 Hylodes rugidosus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1870, p. 648. 

 binotatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 206. 



Tongue entire or slightly nicked. Yomerine teeth in two trans- 

 verse curved series behind the choanae. Snout subacuminate, longer 

 than the orbital diameter; canthus rostralis very distinct; nostril 

 much nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; interorbital space as 

 broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, half tlie diameter of 

 the eye. First finger much longer than second ; toes quite free ; disks 

 very small ; subarticular tubercles much developed. The hind limb 

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

 reaches nearly the tip of the snout. !N^umerous glandular lines along 

 the back; a fold above the tympanum; lower surfaces smooth. 

 Brownish above ; a dark chevron-shaped spot between the eyes ; a 

 dark streak from the tip of the snout through the eye to the shoulder ; 

 limbs cross-barred ; uniform whitish beneath. Male with a subgular 

 vocal sac. 



Brazil. 



a. (S . Rio Janeiro. C. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 



18. Hylodes cuneatus. 

 Hylodes cuneatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philacl. 1862, p. 152. 



Tongue elongate-oval, slightly nicked behind. Yomerine teeth in 

 two curved series, which begin opposite and much behind the ex- 

 ternal border of the choanas, and converge posteriorly. Head large, 

 broader than the body ; snout elongate, acute ; tympanum round, 

 half the size of the eye. Two metatarsal tubercles. The bind limb 

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

 reaches nearly the tip of the snout. Skin of upper surfaces, except 

 that of the snout, granulated; a slight dermal fold from the tip of 

 the snout to the end of the coccyx, and another, very delicate, com- 

 mencing behind each orbit, and descending upon the side, then 

 ascending towards the iliac region ; smooth beneath. Above blackish 

 grey ; snout lighter ; a light line from the anterior border of orbit 

 to labial commissure, and one from the posterior border to the tym- 

 panum ; a light band from each supercilium to the coccygeal reg-ion ; 

 limbs indistinctly barred with brown ; beneath whitish, very mi- 

 nutely punctulated with brown, except upon the abdomen. A variety 

 is almost entirely black. 



E. Cuba. 



