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catitlius lostralis and another on the temple; dark streak.s 

 radiating from the eye to the lip; oblique dark bands on the 

 flanks; a pink vertebral line; litnbs with dark cross-bars; 

 throat and belly white, reticulate with dark brown; lower 

 surface of limbs dark brown, with white spots. 



From snout to vent 35 millim. 



A single female specimen from Salidero, 850 feet. 



Leptodactylus ventrimaculatus. 



Tongue oval, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 

 two arched series behind the choana?. iSnout rounded, 

 feebly prominent, as long as the diameter of the orbit ; nostril 

 midway between the eye and the end of the snout; inter- 

 orbital space a little narrower than the upper eyelid; tympa- 

 num two thirds the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, 

 first much longer than second ; toes moderate, not fringed ; 

 subarticular tubercles very prominent; a small oval inner 

 metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 the shoulder or the tympanum. Skin smooth ; a glandular 

 fold from the eye to the shoulder, above the tympanum, 

 another on each side of the back. Daik brown above, with 

 small black spots ; glandular folds edged with black ; upper 

 lip with black vertical bars; limbs with irregular blackish 

 cross-bars; hinder side of thighs black, with white dots; 

 lower parts white, spotted or marbled with brown. 



From snout to vent 55 millim. 



Three female specimens from Buliin, 160 feet. 



Nicoria nasuta. 



Carapace rather strongly depressed, with a mere trace of a 

 vertebral keel, scarcely emarginate anteriorly. Vertebral 

 shields broader than long, nearly as broad as or broader than 

 the costals; nuchal very small. Plastron large; the width 

 of the bridge equals or exceeds the length of the posterior 

 lobe, which is broadly notched behind ; anterior lobe truncate 

 in front. Axillary and inguinal shields present, small. 

 Dorsal shields smooth or slightly rugose. Head moderate; 

 snout strongly projecting, much more than in N. punctufaria; 

 upper jaw not hooked, with a feeble notch ; width of the 

 mandible at the symphysis a little less than the horizontal 

 diameter of the orbit. Digits very distinctly webbed. Tail 

 as long as the head in the male. Carapace dark brown 

 above, yellowish beneath ; jjlastral shields yellow, with a 

 large dark brown or black blotch, or black bordered with 

 yellow; head, neck, and limbs dark brown; a yellowish 



