9. HYLODES. 213 



free ; disks of fingers and toes large. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the 

 nostril. Skin of the head, back, and sides strongly tubercular; belly 

 slightly granular. Blackish brown above ; four or five whitish bars 

 across tke thighs ; hinder side of thighs and lower surfaces blackish 

 brown, spotted with white. 

 Ecuador. 



27. Hylodes devillii. 



Hylodes devillei, Bouhny. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1880, p. 47. 



Tongue oval, entire. Yomerine teeth in two groups directed 

 backwards, commencing from the inner hinder edge of the choanse. 

 Snout short, rounded, with distinct canthus rostralis ; fionto-parietals 

 concave, their edges elevated into two prominent ridges ; tympanum 

 distinct, one third the diameter of the eye. Toes with a slight ru- 

 diment of web ; disks of fingers and toes large. The hind limb being 

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

 the tip of the snout. Upper surfaces distinctly tubercular ; a glan- 

 dular dorso-lateral fold ; belly slightly granular. Dark brown above, 

 light brown beneath, marbled with darker. 



Ecuador. 



28. Hylodes ricordii. 



Hylodes ricordii, Jjum. ^- Bibr. p. 623. 



Euhyas ricordii, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 154. 



Lithodytes ricordii, Cope, Check-list N.-Amer. liejjt. p. 31. 



Tongue oblong, entire. Yomerine teeth in a zigzag series across 

 the whole width of the palate, behind the choange. Snout sub- 

 acuminate ; nostril nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; tym- 

 panum two thirds the diameter of the eye. Fingers and toes slender ; 

 disks moderate, trausverselj' oval ; subartieular tubercles weU- 

 developed ; two metatarsal tubercles. Hind limb one third longer 

 than head and body. Head and body covered with small granuli- 

 f orm warts ; a fold behind the tympanum ; belly granular. Greyish 

 or whitish fulvous above, with numerous blackish spots, often con- 

 fluent ou the head and back ; limbs not cross-barred. 



Cuba ; Bahamas ; Southern Florida. 



29. Hylodes oxyrhynclius. 



Hylodes oxyi-hynchus, GiintJi. Cat. p. 92, 

 Hylodes oxyrhynchus, Dinn. ^- Bibr. p. 622. 

 Euhyas oxyrhynchus, Cojye, Proc. Ac. Fliilad. 1862, p. 154. 



Tongue oblong, nicked behind. Yomerine teeth in a zigzag series 

 across the whole width of the palate, behind the choanse. Snout 

 acuminate; nostril nearer the tip of the snout than the eye; tym- 



