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brown ; liind limbs indistinctly cross-barred ; lower surfaces yel- 

 lowish ; a few small black spots on the lower belly. 

 Chiriqui. 



37. Hylodes imistrigatus. (Plate XIV. fig. 4.) 

 Hjiodes miistrigatus, Gi'mth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 410. 



Habit of Eyla arhorea. Tongue oval, slightly nicked behind. 

 Vomerine teeth in two small oblique groups behind the choause. 

 Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter, with distinct canthus 

 rostralis ; nostril nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; inter- 

 orbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, 

 not quite half the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first 

 shorter than second ; toes short, free ; disks large ; subarticular 

 tubercles well developed ; two metatarsal tubercles, the outer 

 sometimes indistinct. The hind limb being carried forwards along 

 the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tympanum or the 

 eye. Skin of upper surfaces smooth, of sides tubercular; belly 

 granular ; a strong fold across the chest. Brown or olive above, 

 marbled or slriped with darker ; sometimes a light vertebral Hne. 

 Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



Ecuador ; Bolivia. 



a-h, c. c? 2 . W. Ecuador. Mr. Eraser [C.l (Types.) 



d. 2 . Paitanga, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley [C.]. 



e. Several spec. : Bolivia, 



38. Hylodes buckleyi. (Plate XIV. fig. 5.) 



Tongue oval, entire. Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups con- 

 siderably behind the choanse. Snout rounded, as long as the greatest 

 orbital diameter ; canthus rostralis distinct : nostril nearer the tip 

 of the snout than the eye ; frouto-parietals a little concave, their 

 edges slightly prominent, their width almost twice that of the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, a little more than one third the 

 diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first shorter than second ; 

 toes moderate, quite free, slightly fringed ; disks and subarticular 

 tubercles moderate ; two metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb being 

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

 the tympanum or the eye. Skin of upper surfaces with small smooth 

 warts ; belly granular. Blackish brown above, uniform ; in one 

 specimen there are a lighter stripe across the interorbital space and 

 two others, close together, along the back ; throat and belly brown, 

 marbled with darker, in one specimen yellowish dotted with brown ; 

 lumbar region and lower surface of limbs yellowish-and- brown 

 marbled. From snout to vent 45 miUim. 



Ecuador. 



a-e. $ . Intac. Mr. Buckley [C.]. 



