358 



HYLID^. 



beneath immaculate. Male with an external subgular vocal sac. 

 From snout to vent 38 millim. 

 Surinam ; Brazil. 



a. $. 



b. 2. 



c. 6. 



d.2. 



Suriuam. 



Surinam. 



Bahia. 



Upper Amazon. 



Mr. Bartlett [C.]._ 

 Plerr Kappler [C.J. 

 Dr. Wucherer [C.]. 

 Mr. Bartlett [C.]. (Type of 

 Hyla r/wdopofuf.) 



18. Hyla xerophylla. 



Hyla xerophylla, Bum. ^- Bibr. p. 549 ; Peters, 3Ion. Beii. Ac. 1873, 



p. 613. 

 Hypsiboas xerophyllum, Cope, Jown. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 18G7, p. 200. 



Yery closely allied to ff. punctata, from which it differs by the 

 greater development of the Aveb between the fingers (these being 

 one-third webbed), and the presence of vertical brown bars on the 

 sides of the body and the hinder side of the thighs. From snout to 

 vent 47 millim. 



Cayenne ; Surinam ; Nicaragua, 



a. ?. ? 



19. Hyla granosa. (Plate XXIV. figs. 2 & 3.) 



Tongue subcircular, entire, adherent. Vomerine teeth between 

 the large choanal, in two oblique series, forming together a chevron, 

 the point of which is turned forwards. Head moderate, broader 

 than long ; snout rounded, once and a half as long as the diameter 

 of the eye ; canthus rostraUs rather indistinct ; lorcal region oblique, 

 slightly concave ; eye very prominent ; upper eyelid narrow ; inter- 

 orbital space much broader than the latter ; tympanum distinct, half 

 or not quite half the diameter of the eye. Three outer fingers half 

 webbed or nearly so; a rudiment of pollex, slight in females, claw- 

 like in males ; toes three-fourths webbed ; disks as large as, or nearly 

 as large as, the tympanum ; subarticular tubercles little developed. 

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

 tarsal articulation reaches the tij) of the snout. Upper surfaces, 

 belly, and lower surface of thighs granulate. Colourless ; males with 

 a few scattered white dots on the head and back ; females with a 

 cross-streak between the ej-es, a streak from the nostril, and a few 

 spots on the back, forearms, and tibite, purple ; upper eyelid rose, 

 as in H. punctata. Male with an external gular vocal sac. From 

 snout to vent 40 millim. 



Guianas ; N. Brazil ; Ecuador, 



a. ?. 

 h-d. S- 

 e.f. 2- 

 g 6- 



Demerara Falls. 

 Santarem. 

 Interior of Brazil. 

 Canelos, -Ecuador. 



H. A.Wickham, Esq. [C.]. 

 Mr. Buckley [C]. 



