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BATRACHIA. 



A yellowish vitta runs from the snout to the angle of the mouth, in 

 passing under the eyes and nostrils. A black vitta is observed on the 

 line of the canthus rostralis, and is seen beyond the eye, running to a 

 considerable distance on the flanks, sending off a black patch behind 

 the tympanum. The iris and upper lid are golden. The forelegs are 

 green on the sides, margined with black, and golden above ; the hind 

 legs are golden on the sides, and green above. The fingers, toes, and 

 membrane are golden-yellow. Underneath, the color is of a uniform 

 yellowish tint. 



Caught in January, 1840, at Woolongong, Illawara, New South 

 Wales, in water near the coast, and sketched from life by Mr. 

 Dray ton. 



Plate III, fig. 7, represents Ranoidea resplendens, size of life. 



Fig. 8, a side view of the head. 



Fig. 9, an upper view of the head. 



Fig. 10, the head, seen from beneath. 



Fig. 11, under surface of the left hand. 



Fig. 12, under surface of the left foot. 



2. RANOIDEA FLAVO-VIRIDIS, Grd. 



CAR. SPEC. C(tpite depresso, discoidali. Tympano modico, orbiculato. 

 Lingua magna. Plantarum digilis ad postremae plialangis medium 

 usque palmatis ; membrana valde emarginata. Supra viridi; cantho 

 rostrali linea niyra notato; quae linea post oculum continuatur. 

 Femoris super ficie posteriori pur pur escente, punctis albis notata. 



SPEC. CHAR. Head depressed, discoid. Tympanum moderate, circular. 

 Tongue large. Toes webbed to the middle of the last phalanx ; mem- 

 brane deeply emarginated. Above, green with a black line along 

 the canthus rostralis, and a black band behind the eye. Posterior 

 surface of thighs purplish, white dotted. 



SYN. Ranoidea flavo-viridis, GRD. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. VI, 1853, 422. 



DESCR. The head is broader than long, very much depressed, flat- 

 tened upon the occiput, and between the eyes. Viewed from above, 



