248 CYSTIGiSrATHID^. 



Cystiguatlaus ocellatus, Stehnlachn. I. c. pi. 11. f. 1. 



ecliiuatus, Brocchi, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) i. p. 181. 



Leptodactylus ecliiuatus, Brocchi, Miss. Sc. Mex., Batr, p. 18. pi. 5. 



f. 4. 

 melanonotus, Brocchi, I. c. p. 20. 



Tongue oval, nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in two slightly 

 curved series behind the choanjo. Snout rounded, slightly longer 

 than the greatest orbital diameter ; nostril nearer the tip of tho 

 snout than the eye ; interorbital space as broad as or a little nar- 

 rower than tho upper eyelid ; tympanum two thirds the width of 

 the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending slightly beyond second ; 

 toes moderate, very conspicuously fringed ; subarticular tubercles 

 well developed ; two small metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb 

 being carried forwards along the body, tl^e tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaches the eye, or a little beyond. Skin smooth, with a few scattered 

 small warts above ; a ventral disooidal fold. Brownish or olive above, 

 ■with indistinct darker markings ; a large angular spot on the occi- 

 put ; hinder side of thighs marbled or reticulated with dark brown ; 

 beneath more or less spotted with brown or grey. Male with an 

 internal vocal sac, and two spine-bearing tubercles on the inner side 

 of the first digit. 



Tropical America. 



P. Geddes, Esq. [CI. 

 Mr. Buckley [0.1. 

 Mr.A. H. Roff[C.]. 

 W. A. Forbes, Esq. [P.]. 

 Dr. O. Wucherer. 

 Mus. Guilding. 



18. Leptodactylus podicipinus. 

 Cystignathus podicipinus, Co}^, Proc. Ac. Phihid. 1862, p. 156. 



Tongue oval, siibemargiuate. Vomerine teeth in two short sepa- 

 rate rows behind the choaUcT. Snout rounded, a little prominent ; 

 tympanum half the size of the eye. First finger longer than second ; 

 toes with margins as wide as a phalanx, which unite at their bases, 

 forming a slight web ; a tarsal fold continuous with that of the 

 internal digit, except where interrupted by a spur-like tubercle. 

 Skin smooth, except a few minute warts on the coccj-geal region. 

 Above brown : an elongate, darker, triangular spot between the 

 eyes ; a yellowish line extends beneath the eye to the angle of the 

 mouth ; femora indistinctly banded, posteriorly marbled with 

 blackish ; tibiae with three brown bands ; beneath yellowish brown, 

 with numerous yellow spots. 



Paraguay. 



This species is perhaps not specifically distinct from the next. 



