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Transverse, convex row of conical papillae in palate. (Upper eyelid 

 with a conical tubercle and some small conical warts.) 



Sp. Ceratophrys turpicola (sic! is it for turpicula?) MUELL., SCHLEG. Abb. 

 Tab. x. fig. 4 ; New Guinea. 



Note. Rana scutata SPIX, genus Hemiphractus WAGL., is unknown to me. 

 Teeth are described in the lower jaw, an instance, if there be no error, 

 which is unique in the Miura. 



Pyxicephalus TscHUDi, DUM. and BIBR. Head broad, short, 

 gibbous above. Membrane of tympanum mostly distinct. Teeth 

 subulate, somewhat large. Bones of cranium rough, granular above. 

 Anterior feet cloven, posterior semipalmate; with a flat, sharp spur 

 in the sole, at the inner margin of first toe. Tongue oval, free 

 posteriorly, bilobed. Trunk short, broad. 



Sp. Pyxicephalus Delalandii TSCHUDI, DUM. and BIBB. Rept. PI. 87, fig. i, 

 South Africa. 



Discoglossus OTTH, DUM. and BIBR. Head flat, continuous 

 with trunk. Membrane of tympanum concealed. Anterior feet 

 cloven, posterior semipalmate. Tongue free posteriorly, rotundato- 

 trigonal or suborbicular. 



Sp. J>lscoglossus pictus OTTH, BONAP. Faun. Italica, Amfibi, Fasc. xxiv. 

 Sicily, Sardinia, Greece. 



Cystignathus WAGL., DUM. and BIBR. Membrane of tympanum 

 distinct, or scarcely visible. Anterior feet cloven, posterior semi- 

 palmate, or cloven, with slender toes. Subgular vocal sac in males 

 or two lateral sacs. Tongue large, orbicular, free posteriorly, entire 

 or emarginate. 



Sp. Cystignathus ocellatus, Rana ocellata L. (in part), SEBA Thes. I. Tab. 75, 

 fig. i, BAUD. Rain., Gren. et Crap. PI. 19, Rana pachypus, Rana sibttatrix 

 MAXIM. Pr. zu Wied. South America, West Indies; one of the largest 

 species of this family. Almost all the species of this genus are from 

 America. 



Pseudis WAGL., DUM. and BIBR. Membrane of tympanum 

 , scarcely distinct. Anterior feet cloven, with first toe capable of 

 ' opposing the others like a thumb; posterior feet palmate, with 



membrane ample. Gular vocal sac in males. Tongue orbicular, 



entire, connate with chin, free at the margin only. 



Sp. Pseudis paradoxa TSCHUDI, Rana paradoxa L., MEBIAN Ins. Surinam. 

 Tab. 71, SEBA Thesaur. Tab. 78, figs. 15 21 (not all the figures, as 





