4. HTLA. 395 



Three outer fingers nearly one-third webbed ; a distinct rudiment of 

 pollex ; toes half webbed ; disks as large as the tympanum ; sub- 

 articular tubercles little developed. The hind limb being carried 

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

 the eye and the tip of the snout. Skin smooth, granulate on the 

 belly and under the thighs ; heel with a short dermal appendage. 

 Light olive, with numerous parallel brown longitudinal bands on the 

 body and limbs ; these bands proceed from the snout, are unequal 

 in width, and more or less distinctly edged with white ; the broader 

 of the bands are sometimes broken up in series of ovate spots : a 

 blackish band, edged with white above and below, and longitudinally 

 traversed by another white band, from the nostril to the loin. Male 

 with an internal subgular vocal sac. From snout to vent 31 millim. 

 Brazil. 



a-h. S- Brazil. Dr. Gardiner. 



87. Hyla rubicmidula. 



Hyla nibicundula, Beinh. 8f Luth. Vidensh. Meddel. 1861, p. 197 ; 

 Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1869, p. 164 ; Peters, Mon. Be)-l. 

 Ac. 1872, p. 681. 



Differs from the preceding chiefly in having a shorter snout and a 

 much smaller tympanum. Pinkish red above ; a dark lateral band ; 

 thighs not coloured. From snout to vent 21 millim. 



Lagoa Santa, Brazil. 



88. Hyla bracteator. 



Hyla bracteator, Hensel, Arch. f. Naturg. 1867, p. 159; Peters, Mon. 



^Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 681. 

 leucotaenia, Gi'mth. Proc. Zool. Sue. 1868, p. 489, pi. 40. f. 4. 



Tongue a short oval, not distinctly nicked, and slightly free 

 behind. Vomerine teeth in two small rounded groups, slightly 

 bevond the level of the choanje. Head moderate, scarcely broader 

 than long ; snout rounded, a little longer than the diameter of the 

 orbit; canthus rostraJis angular; loreal region not very oblique; 

 interorbital space a little broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 moderately distinct, nearly half the diameter of the eye. Fingers 

 webbed at the base ; a distinct rudiment of pollex, forming an acute 

 claw in the male ; toes half webbed ; disks a little smaller than the 

 tympanum ; subarticular tubercles moderate. The hind limb being 

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

 the eye. Skin smooth, granulate on the belly and under the thighs. 

 Light greyish olive above ; a white, inferiorly dark-edged line along 

 the canthus rostralis, through the eye and the side of the body ; 

 another white line along the outer edge of the tibia ; beneath im- 

 maculate. Male with a large external gular vocal sac. From 

 snout to vent 38 millim. 



Southern Brazil. 



a. S . Kio Grande. (Type of H. leucottem'a.) 



