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are slightly curved. Tongue large, covering the whole floor 

 of the moutli. Head much broader than long; snout very- 

 short, broadly rounded, not projecting beyond the mouth; 

 eye very small, as large as the tympanum ; interorbital width 

 more than twice as great as the width of the upper eyelid. 

 Fingers short, slightly swollen at the end, first and second 

 equal ; subarticular tubercles well developed. Toes short, 

 perfectly free, not margined, with slightly swollen tips and 

 strong subarticular tubercles ; a large oval inner and a smaller 

 rounded outer metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tar.^al articula- 

 tion reaches the tympanum. Skin smooth and shiny ; a 

 strong fold from the eye to the shoulder, forming an angle 

 behind the tympanum; a feebly marked glandular fold on 

 each side from the upper eyelid to the sacral region, con- 

 verging towards its fellow on the scapular region, where it 

 forms an angle. Brown above, with symmetrical darker 

 markings, viz. a chevron pointing backwards between the 

 eyes, an angular band on the outer side of the dorsal glandular 

 fold, a M-shaped band on the posterior part of the back, an 

 oblique band on the side, and cross-bars on the limbs ; dark 

 brown beneath. 



From snout to vent 34 mm. 



Four specimens from the Organ Mountains, Brazil, 

 presented by Messrs. Wagner Brothers. 



Hyla Steinhachi. 



Tongue circular, entire or indistinctly nicked, slightly free 

 behind. Vomerine teeth on a level with the posterior borders 

 of the very large choanal, in two slightly curved oblique 

 series forming a chevron pointing forwards. Head moderate, 

 as long as broad ; snout rounded, as long as the orbit ; 

 canthus rostralis feeble, slightly curved ; loreal region oblique, 

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

 as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, three fifths 

 the diameter of the eye. Outer fingers with a rudiment of 

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

 disks barely half the diameter of the eye ; subarticular 

 tubercles well developed ; no tarsal fold. Tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaching a little beyond the tip of the snout. Skin 

 smooth above, granular on the belly and under the thighs ; 

 heel with a pointed dermal appendage. Pale ]unkish grey 

 above, with scattered darker dots and rather indistinct wavy 

 longitudinal bands ; a purplish-brown vertebral line, and 

 another line of the same colour on the canthus rostralis and 



