4. HTLA, 407 



broader than, the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, half or three 

 fifths the diameter of the eye. Eingers with a slight rudiment of 

 web ; no distinct rudiment of poUex : toes two-thirds webbed ; disks 

 smaller than the tympanum ; subarticular 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 tympanum or the eye. Upper surfaces smooth or with 

 small scattered tubercles; lower surfaces granulate; a fold above the 

 tympanum. Brownish or greyish above ; a dark streak on canthus 

 rostralis and temporal region ; below this, a whitish streak runs 

 from below the eye to the shoulder ; a large, weD defined dark spot 

 commences between the eyes and covers the middle of the back ; 

 besides, the head and back are often speckled all over with blackish ; 

 lower surfaces whitish, immaculate. Male with an external subgular 

 vocal sac ; during the breeding-season the inner side of the first 

 finger is covered with blackish rugosities. From snout to vent 42 

 miUim. 

 Australia. 



a. 5 . Tasmania. Zoological Society [P.]. 



(One of the types.) 

 b-d, e. 5 & hgr. Tasmania. R. Gimn, Esq. [P.]. 



f-i, k. ^ 2- Hobart Town. J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P.] 



/. 5 • Melboiune. 



m, n-p. S 2 • Australia. 



Yak. a {H. ealh'sceHs, Peters). Hinder side of thighs with large 

 purplish-black spots on yellowish ground ; a purpKsh-black 

 spot in the groin. 



q-r. 2 ■ King George's Sound. G. Krefil, Esq. [P.]. 



116. Hyla krefftii. 



Hvla krefftii, Gihith. Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. (3^ xi. 1863, p. 28, pi. 4. 

 ■f. C, and Proc. ZooL Soc. 1863, p. 250, pi. 30. f. D ; Keferst. Gotting. 

 Nachr. 1867, p. 357, and Arch.f. Naturg. 1868, p. 280. 



Yerj' closely allied to H. eivingii, but differing in the more distinct 

 web between the fingers, and the more extensive web between the 

 toes, it reaching the disks of the third and fifth. Prom snout to 

 vent 47 millim. 



Australia. 



G. Krefft, Esq. [C.]. (Type.) 



Zool. Soc. 



G. KrefTt, Esq. 



G. Ea-efFt, Esq. 



Dr. Milligan [P.]. 



117. Hyla parvidens. 

 Hyla pai-videns, Peters, 3fon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 620. 

 Distinguished from H. ewingii in having a smaller tympanum, the 



