448 DISCOGLOSSIDiE. 



1. Liopelma hoclistetteri. 



Liopelma hoclistetteri, (Fitz.) Steindachu. I. c. pi. G, and Novara, 

 Aniph. p. 33. 



Vomerine teeth behind the level of the choanse, in two short 

 series, slightly oblique towards front. Habit of Alytes obstetricans. 

 Head large, not one third total length ; snout rounded ; canthus 

 rostralis distinct, verj^ short ; interorbital space a little broader than 

 the upper ej'clid. Fingers short, blunt, first shorter than second ; 

 toes short, blunt, about half webbed ; two flat metacarpal tubercles ; 

 a small, flat, inner metatarsal tubercle ; subarticular tubercles of 

 fingers and toes indistinct. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation marks the ej-e. Upper 

 surfaces with small smooth tubercles ; lower surfaces smooth. 

 Brown : limbs and lower surfaces lighter ; head and back indis- 

 tinctly spotted with blackish ; limbs regularly cross-barred with 

 blackish. Male without vocal sac. 



New Zealand. 



a. d . New Zealand. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



4. ALYTES. 



Bombiuator, sp., Men: Tent. p. 179. 



Alytes, JVayl. Syst. Amph. p. 206 ; Tscluuli, Batr. p. 84 ; Dimi. 4'- 

 Bihr. viii. p. 465 ; GUnth. Cat. p. 38 ; Cope, Nat. Hist. Bev. I860, 

 p. 105, andJourn. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 76. 



Ostetricans, sp., Duges, Rech. Osteul. Batr. 



Ammoryctis, Lataste, C. R. Ac. Paris, 1879, p. 983. 



Pupil elliptical, erect. Tongue circular, entire, scarcely free 

 behind. Vomerine teeth. Tympanum distinct. Fingers free, toes 

 webbed at the base, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsal separated 

 by web. No omosternum ; sternum two slender diverging carti- 

 laginous styles. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra moderately dilated. 

 Terminal phalanges simple. 



Europe. 



1. Alytes obstetricans. 



xAlytes obstetricans, Gilnth. Cat. p. 38. 

 Bufo obstetricans, Laiir. Sijn. Rept. pp. 28 & 128; Brongn. Bull. Soc. 



Philom. au. viii. p. 91, pi. 6. f. 4; Latr. Sal. p. 40, aitd Rept. ii. 



p. 112 ; Daud. Rain. p. 87, pi. 32. f. 1, and Rept. viii. p. 176; Ctiv. 



R.A.' 

 Kana campanisona, Laur. I. c. pp. 30 & 133. 



obstetricans. Wolf, Sturm's Deutschl. Faun. iii. Heft 4. 



Bombiuator obstetricans, Merr. Tent. p. 179 : OravenJi. Belie, p. 68. 

 Alytes obstetricans, JFagl. I. c, and Icon. Amph. t. 22. f. 3-5 ; Schinz, 



Faun. Helvet. p. 145 ; Tschudi, Isis, 1837, p. 702, and Batr. p. 84; 



Bonap. P\mn. Ital. ; Dum. ^- Bibr. viii. p. 467 ; Fatio, Vert. Suisse, 



