410 HTLIDiE, 



122. Hyla vagabunda. 



Hvla vagabunda, Peters S,- Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. Oenov. xiii. 1878, 

 p. 424, pi. 6. f. 3. 



Tongue large, cordiforta. Vomerine teeth in two transverse 

 groups between the choanos. Snout rounded, scarcely longer than 

 the diameter of the eye ; canthus rostralis rounded ; tympanum half 

 the diameter of the eye. Fingers free ; no distinct rudiment of 

 pollex ; toes somewhat more than half webbed : disks moderate. 

 Skin smooth above ; belly and lower surface of thighs granulate v a 

 very distinct fold across the chest. Blue above ; a whitish line from 

 the tip of the snout, through the eye, to the shoulder ; whitish be- 

 neath. From sDout to vent 37 millim. 



New Guinea. 



123. Hyla arfakiana. 



Hj^la arfakiana, Peters ^' Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. xiii. 1878, 

 p. 421, pi. 6. f. 2. 



Tongue suboval, indistinctly nicked and free behind. Vomerine 

 teeth in two oblique series between the choanne. Head as long as 

 broad ; snout acuminate, longer than the diameter of the orbit ; 

 canthus rostralis angular, straight ; lorcal region not very oblique ; 

 interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very 

 smaU, not quite one third the diameter of the eye. Fiiigers free ; 

 no distinct rudiment of pollex ; toes two-thirds webbed ; disks of 

 fingers half the diameter of the eye, of toes smaller ; subarticular 

 tixborcles small. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 

 body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches a little beyond the tip of 

 the snout. Skin smooth above ; belly and lower surface of thighs 

 granulate : heel with a short triangular dermal appendage. (Colour 

 very variable.) Uiiper surfaces with a few dark spots and a large 

 dark hourglass-shaped spot on the liack, commencing between the 

 eyes ; loreal region dark ; hinder side of thighs purplish- brown ; 

 beneath brownish, mottled with greyish. From snout to vent 

 57 millim. 



New Guinea. 



a. 2 ' ^- Guinea. 



124. Hyla aurea. 



Hyla aurea, Gihith. Cat. p. 1 14. 

 Eaua aurea, Lesson, Voy. Coqtiillc, Zool. ii. p. (JO, pi. 7. f. 2. 

 Ranoidea jacksoniensis, (Bibr.) Tsc/nidi, IJatr. p. 7V). 

 Hyla jaclisoniensis, Dum. ^ Bihr. p. 602 ; Gray, in Grey^s Journ. 



Exp. Anstr. pi. 8. f. 3 Cwithout name). 

 Eanoidea resplendeus, Girard, Proc. Ac. Pkilacl. vi. 1853, p. 422, and 



U.S. Expl. Expecl, Herp. p. 48, pi. 3. f. 7-12. 



aurea, Girard^ U.S. Explor. Exped., Hcrp. p. 48. 



Litoria aurea, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Sac. 1864, p. 49. 



Hyla aurea, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 61 j K'ferst.Arch. f. Na- 



hmj. 1868, p. 284, pi. 7. f. 18 & 19. 

 Chirodryas raniformis, Keferst. Gptting. Nachr. 1807, p. 358. 



