2. CHOEOPniLUs. 333 



II. Dorsal region strongly tuberculate. 



Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching bej'ond 



the eye ; tympanum much smaller than 



the eye 7. verrucosus, p. 335. 



Tibio-tarsal articulation not reaching the 



eye ; tympanum nearly as large as the 



eye 8. septentrionaUs, p. 335, 



1. ChoropMlus nigritus. 



Pseudacris nigiita, part., Gilnth. Cat. p. 97. 

 Eana nigrita, Leconte, Ann. Lye. N. Y. i. p. 282 ; Harlan, Med. Phys. 



Res. p. 105, and Journ. Ac. Philad. \. p. 341. 

 Acris nigrita, Dum. 4" Bibr. p. 509. 



Cystignathus nigritus, Holh. N.-Amer. Herp. iv. p. 107, pi. 26. 

 Chorophilus nigiitus, Baird, Proc. Ac. Philad. vii, p. UO; Leconte, 



eod. loc. p. 427. 



Tongue oval, slightly nicked. Yomerine teeth in two slightly 

 oblique groups behind the level of the choaniTe. Head much longer 

 than broad ;. snout acuminate, rather prominent, nearly twice as 

 long as the diameter of the eye ; canthus rostralis rather indistinct ; 

 interorbital space a little broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 half the diameter of the eye. fingers and toes slender, latter with 

 a slight rudiment of web ; first finger shorter than second ; sub- 

 articular tubercles small ; no outer metatarsal tubercle. The hind 

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

 lation reaches the eye. Skin smooth ajjove, granulate beneath. 

 Blackish ash above, with three interrupted black longitudinal bands ; 

 loreal and temporal regions black ; upper lip white-margined, 

 beneath whitish, immaculate. 



South Carolina and Georgia. 



a. 5 ■ Georgia. 



2. Chorophilus oniatus. 



Cystignathus ornatus, Holb. N.-Amer. Herp. iv. p. 103, pi. 25. 

 Chorophilus ornatus, Leconte, Proc. Ac. Philad. vii. 1854, p. 428. 



Tongue more rounded than in C. nigritus; hind limb shorter. 

 Dove-colour above, with oblong spots of dark brown, margined with 

 yellow ; limbs transversely barred. 



South Carolina and Georgia. 



3. Chorophilus ocularis. 



Hylodes ocularis, Holh. N.-Amer. Herp. iv. p. 137, pi. 35. 

 Hyla ocularis, Leconte, Proc. Ac. Philad. vii. 1854, p. 429. 

 Chorophilus angulatus, Cajte, Check-list N. Amer. Pept. p. 30. 



Yomerine teeth in two groups between the choanue. Head long, 



