18G Mr. G. A. Boulenger on, 



o£ tlie snout ; tibia half the length of head and body. Skin 

 smooth, belly and lower surface of thighs granulate. 

 Greyish or reddish brown above, sides blackish; the back 

 may be spotted or dotted with brown^^ the sides dotted with 

 white; upper lip white ; limbs with irregular dark cross- 

 bands ; lower parts dirty white, sometimes speckled with 

 dark brown. Male with a subgular vocal sac* 



From snout to vent 50 mm. 



Several specimens fi*om Huancabamba, E. Peru, above 

 3000 feet, from the collection of Mr. E. Boettger. 



Phyllomedusa Ion's. 



Tongiie cordiform, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine 

 teeth in two small groups between the choanee. Snout as 

 long as the orbit, vertically truncate at the end; canthus 

 rostralis obtuse, loreal region oblique ; eyes directed obliquely 

 forwards; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum half the diameter of the eye. Fingers with a 

 slight rudiment of web, first shorter than second ; toes webbed 

 at the base, first and second equal; disks of fingers as large 

 as the tymj.anum, of toes a little smaller; subarticular 

 tubercles modeiately prominent; inner metatarsal tubercle 

 small, elliptici The tibio-tarsal articidation reaches the tip 

 of the snout ; tibia ^ the length of head and body. Skin 

 smooth, granulate on the belly and under the thighs ; paro- 

 toids feebly developed ; heel with a small triangular dermal 

 appendage. Lilac above (in spirit) with a few dark dots ; 

 humerus, four inner fingers, thigh, except a narrow lilac 

 streak, inner toes, and lower parts yellow. 



From snout to vent 46 mm. 



A single specimen from El Topo, R. Pastaza, E. Ecuador, 

 4200 feet, from the collection of Mr. M. G. Palmer. 



Bufo Jeptoscelis. 



Crown with bony ridges^ including a parietal obliquely 

 directed inwards ; snout truncate, slightly projecting; loreal 

 region nearly vertical, concave ; interorbital space broader 

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, three-fourtlis 

 the diameter of the eye. Fingers rather long and slender, 

 obtuse, first longer than second ; toes barely half webbed, 

 obtuse, with single subarticular tubercles; two small meta- 

 tarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. Tarso-raetatarsal articulation 

 reaching far beyond the tip of the snout; tibia half the 

 length of head and body. Upper parts with small conical 



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