423 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on neio 



small ; subaiticular tubercles feebly prominent. Tibio- 

 tarsal articulation reaching the eye ; tibia half the length of 

 head a'licl body. Toes moderate, perfectly free, the disks 

 lar'>-er than those of the fingers but smaller than the tym- 

 panum ; subarticular tubercles feebly prominent ; two small 

 metatarsal tubercles, inner oval, outer round ; an oblicjue 

 fold along the distal half of the tarsus. Skin of upper parts 

 finely shagreened, of lower parts smooth. Brown above, 

 with a paler dorso-lateral streak ; a black streak round the 

 snout, continued, as a broad band, on the side of the body ; 

 usually a white streak along tlie upper lip, continued along 

 the body to the groin, edged below, on the body, by a black 

 streak or seiies of spots; limbs brown, with dark brown 

 spots, arm and thigh lighter, with a dark brown streak in 

 front and behind ; lower parts white, uniform on throat and 

 breast mottled with greyish brown. 



From snout to vent 28 millim. 



Four specimens from El Topo, Rio Pastaza, Eastern 

 Ecuador, altitude 4200 feet ; from Mr. M. G. Palmer's 

 collection, 1912. 



Named in pious memory of my late Attendant, Frederick 

 Kingsbury, killed in action in Palestine, Feb. 25, 1918. 



Dendrobates ranoides. 



Head slightly longer than broad. Snout truncate, very 

 feebly projecting beyond the mouth, longer than the eye ; 

 loreal region vertical ; nostril nearer the tip of the snout than 

 the eye ; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum very distinct, ^ the diameter of the eye, 3 times 

 iis distance from the latter. Fingers rather slender, first 

 and second equal ; disks small, not much wider than the 

 finger ; subarticular tubercles very indistinct. Tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaching the eye; tibia half the length of head 

 and body. Toes slender, perfectly free, tlie disks larger than 

 those of the fingers but only about half the diameter of the 

 tympanum; subarticular tubercles feebly prominent; two 

 small metatarsal tubercles, inner oval, outer round ; a curved 

 fold along the distal half of the tarsus. Skin granulate, 

 finely on the upper parts and belly, more coarsely on the 

 sides. Reddish brown above, marbled with dark brown on 

 the head and back and with blackish cross-bars on the limbs ; 

 a pale dorso-lateral streak ; a black streak round the snout, 

 continued, as a broad band, on the ten)ple and along the side 



