21 4 CTSTIGNATHID^. 



paaum throe fourths the diameter of the eye. Fingers and toes 

 fringed, dihited into small disks ; snbarticiilar tubercles well deve- 

 loped. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the 

 foot extends beyond the tip of the snout. Skin smooth ; belly gra- 

 nular. Fulvous above, clouded with reddish brown ; limbs cross- 

 barred. 

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30. Hylodes auriculatus. 



Hylodes ricordii, Giinth. Cat. p. 92. 

 Hvlodes auriculatus, Co2Je, P^-oc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 152. 

 -^— autillensis, Beinh. ^- Liltk. Vidensk. Meddel. 1862, p. 209. 



Tongue oval, slightly nicked behind. Yomerine teeth in two 

 oblique, slightly arched series behind and between the choan«. 

 Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter ; canthus rostralis 

 angular; nostril much nearer the tip of the snout than the eye; 

 iutcrorbital space as broad as, or a little broader than, the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum distinct, half the diameter of the eye, close to it. 

 Fingers moderate, first slightly shorter than second ; toes short, 

 first as long as second, free ; disks large ; two metatarsal tubercles. 

 The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio- 

 tarsal articulation reaches nearly the tip of the snout. Skin Avith 

 small glandules above, granular on the bellJ^ Brown above, mar- 

 bled with darker ; a more or less distinct dark streak from the tip 

 of the snout through the eye to the shoulder ; limbs indistinctly 

 cross-barred. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



West Indies. 



a-c. S . St. Dominjro. M. Salle [C] 



d. 2- St. Domingo. C. Taylor/Esq. [P.]. 



31. Hylodes martinicensis. 



Hylodes martinicensis, Giinth. Cat. p. 92. 

 Hylodes martinicensis, Tsclmdi, Batr. p. 77; Dum. 8)- Bibr, p. 620, 

 pi. 89. f. 2; Steindachn. Kovara, Amph. p. 55 ; Bavay, Ann. Sc. 

 Kat. (5) xvii. art. 16 ; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1876, p. 709, pi. i. 



Tongue subcircular, slightl}' nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 

 two small oblique series behind the choanaj. Snout obtuse, as long 

 as the greatest orbital diameter ; canthus rostralis angular ; nostril 

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

 as broad as, or broader than, the upper eyelid ; tympanxxm scarcely 

 half the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first as long as, or 

 a little shorter than, the second ; toes moderate, without distinct 

 web; disks well developed; two small metatarsal tubercles. The 

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

 articulation reaches the eye or beyond. Upper surfaces smooth or 

 ■with small glandules ; belly granular ; a ventral disk. Greyish or 

 brou"nish above, with indistinct darker markings on the head and 

 back, and cross bars on the hind limbs ; a dark streak below the 



