390 HYLTD^. 



eye. Fingers one-third webbed ; no projecting rudiment of pollex ; 

 toes three-fourths webbed ; disks smaller than the tympanum ; sub- 

 articular tubercles rather indistinct. The hind limb being carried 

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

 the tip of tl:e snout. Skin smooth, granulate on the belly and 

 under the thighs. Eose-coloured above, the back scarcely dotted 

 with violet ; a purplish-brown band roi;nd the snout through the 

 eye along the sides to the loin ; upper arm and thigh not coloured ; 

 beneath whitish^ immaculate. Prom snout to vent 27 millim. 

 Ecuador. 



a. Hgr. ? Andes of Ecuador. ' Mr. Eraser [C.]. (Type.) 



77. Hyla strigilata. 



Hvla stiio-ilata, Spix, Spec. Nov. Test. Ran. p. 38, pi. 10. f. 3; Peters, 

 ^Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, pp. 214 & 680. 



Tongue subcircular, openly emarginato and very slightly free 

 behind. Vomerine teeth in two small transverse groups between 

 the choanse. Head as long as broad ; snout prominent, longer than 

 the diameter of the eye ; loreal region slightly concave ; tympanum 

 distinct, one third the diameter of the eye. Outer fingers one-fourth 

 webbed ; toes half webbed ; disks and subarticular tubercles mode- 

 rate. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the 

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Upper surfaces 

 slightly tubercular ; belly and lower surface of thighs granulate. 

 Upper surfaces brown-spotted ; limbs cross-barred ; loins blackish, 

 light-sx)otted ; beneath, marbled with brown. Erom snout to vent 

 42 milhm. 



Brazil. 



78. Hyla peronii. 



Hyla peronii, Giinth. Cat. p. 112. 

 Dendrohyas peronii, {Bibr.) Tschudi, Batr. p. 75. 

 Hyla peronii, Dum. 8,- Bibr. p. 5G9 ; Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, 



p. 2.50, pi. 30. f. A & B; Steindachn. JVovara, Amph. p. 60 j Kef erst. 



Arch.f. Naturg. 1868, p. 282, pi. 8. f. 30 & 31. 



Tongue subcircular or suboval, free and slightly nicked behind. 

 Vomerine teeth in two transverse groups between the choanse. 

 Head moderate, a little broader than long; snout rounded, as long 

 as the diameter of the orbit ; canthus rostralis rounded ; loreal 

 region oblique, slightly concave ; interorbital space as broad as the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, two thirds the diameter of 

 the eye. Fingers half webbed, or nearly so ; no distinct rudiment 

 of pollex ; toes nearly entirely webbed ; disks large, those of the 

 fingers somewhat more than half the diameter of the eye; sub- 

 articular tubercles moderate ; a distinct fold along the inner edge 

 of the tarsus. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 

 body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout 



