new Batracliians from the Andes. 187 



tubercles, more crowded and spinose on the sides ; parotoids 

 very prominent, subtriaiigular, two-thirds the length of the 

 head. Uniform pale brown above, the parotoids darker ; 

 yellowish beneatli, belly dotted with brown. 



From snout to vent bo mm. 



A sinole specimen from 8anto Domingo, Carabaya, S.E. 

 Peru, 6500 feet, from the collection of the late Mr. (i, 

 Ockeuden. 



Ilylodes ockeudeni. 



Tongue oval, entire or indistinctly nicked behind. Vomerine 

 teeth in two oblique oval groups just behind the level of the 

 choana?. Snout rounded, as long as the orbit, with moderately 

 strong, curved canthus and very oblique, concave loreal 

 region ; nostril near the tip of the snout; interorbital space 

 hardly as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum very indis- 

 tinct, not half the diameter of the eye. Fingers and toes 

 moderate, the tips dilated into large, broad disks; lirst finger 

 not extending as far as second; scarcely a rudiment of web 

 between the toes ; subarticular tubercles well developed but 

 small ; a small, oval inner metatarsal tubercle. The tibio- 

 tarsal articulation reaches the anterior border of the eye, or 

 between the eye and the nostril ; tibia half the length of head 

 and body. Skin smooth. Pale pinkish brown above, with 

 small scattered black spots, with or without a large brown 

 blotch, or three brown blotches on the back ; a narrow light 

 vertebral line may be present ; a dark bar between the eyes, 

 and an oblique black streak in front of and behind the eye; 

 two or three oblique brown bars on the tibia ; lower parts 

 white. 



From snout to vent 31 mm. 



Three specimens from La Union, Rio Huacamayo, Cara- 

 baya, S.E. Peru, 2000 feet, from the collection of the late 

 Mr. G. Ockenden, 



Hylode^ ventrimarmoratus. 



Tongue large, subcircular, entire. Vomerine teeth in two 

 oblique oval groups behind the level of the choanae. Snout 

 rounded, as long as the orbit, with very feeble, curved 

 canthus and very oblique, concave loreal region ; nostril 

 near the tip of the snout ; interorbital space as broad as the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum very indistinct, not h&lf the 

 diameter of the eye. Fingers and toes moderate, the tips 

 dilated into large, broad disks ; first finger not extending as 

 far as second : toes free; subarticular tubercles small^ feebl}^ 



