270 CTSTIGITATHID^. 



Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked behind. Yomerine teeth in 

 two strong, slightly oblique series between the choanae. Head 

 large ; snout rounded, twice, or nearly twice, as long as the orbital 

 diameter ; nostril equally distant from the eye and the tip of the 

 snout ; interorbital space grooved, as broad as the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum very distinct, about two thirds the diameter of the eye. 

 Fingers short, first much longer than second ; toes shoz't, nearly half 

 webbed ; subarticular tubercles well developed ; a large, oval, com- 

 pressed, inner metatarsal tubercle. The hind limb variable in length ; 

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

 reaches the tympanum, the eye, or between the eye and the nostril. 

 Skin smooth or shagreened above, with a few scattei-ed flat warts, 

 minutely granular beneath ; a more or less distinct glandular lateral 

 fold. Brown or olive above, uniform or marbled with darker ; a 

 dark streak from the tip of the snout through the eye and over the 

 tympanum to the shoulder; throat spotted with brown. Male with 

 a suljgular vocal sac. 



Australia. 



a-b. $ & yg. Port Essington. Mr. Gilbert's Coll. (Types.) 



c. $ . Port Denison, N. G. Kreft't, Esq. 



Australia. 



d. e. Hgr. Port Deuison, N. 



Australia. 

 fjffi^^- $ , c? ; & yg- Rockhamiiton, N. 



Australia. 



e. 2- NicolBay,N.W.C. M. Du Boulay. 



Australia. 

 k.2- Queensland. Prof. A. M. Thomson [P.]. 



I. Skel.. $ . AustraUa. ' G. Krefft, Esq. 



5. Chiroleptes alboguttatus. (Plate XYIII. fig. 1.) 

 Chiroleptes alboguttatus, Giinth. Awn. 8f Mag. X. II. (3) xx. p. 54. 



Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth iu 

 two straight or slightly oblique series between the choanae. Head 

 moderate ; snout subacumiiuite, not quite once and a half as long as 

 the orbital diameter ; nostril equally distant from the eye and the 

 tip of the snout ; interorbital space not quite as broad as the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, at least two thirds the diameter of 

 the eye. Pingers moderate, first much loiiger than second ; toes 

 moderate, half webbed ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; inner 

 metatarsal tubercle oval, compressed ; no outer tubercle. The hind 

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

 lation reaches the eye or the nostril. Skin smooth abo\e, or with 

 small warts on the back ; a glandular lateral fold : belly minutely 

 granular. Olive or brown above, indistinctly marbled with black ; 

 a light vertebral line ; sides of the body and of the thighs blackish, 

 with numerous round white spots ; a dark streak from the tip of the 

 snout through the eye and over the tympanum to the shoulders ; 

 throat and breast sometimes marbled with brown. Male with a 



