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of tlie body ; tynipanuin reddish bvown ; lower parts white 

 with numerous small black spots and vermiculatioiis. 



From snout to vent 22 mm. 



A single specimen fioin Villavicencio, Quatiquia River, 

 Colombia, altitude 400 feet. Presented by the Wellcome 

 Bureau of Scientific Research. 



HyJodes roseus. 



Tongue oval, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 

 short transverse series considerably behind the choanae. 

 Head as long as broad ; snout rounded, not projecting beyond 

 the mouth ; cauthus rostralis indistinct ; loreal region very 

 oblique, concave; nostril twice as far from the eye as from 

 the tip of the snout ; interorbital space as broad as the upper 

 eyelid; tympanum hidden. Fingers moderate, first a little 

 sliorter than second ; disks large, a little broader than long ; 

 sul)articular tubercles moderate. Tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaching the eye ; tibia half the length of head and body. 

 Toes moderate, perfectly free ; disks as large as those of the 

 fingers ; subarticular tubercles small, feebly prominent ; a 

 single metatarsal tubercle, rather large and prominent. Skin 

 smooth above, granular on the belly ; three subconical 

 tubercles on the upper eyelid. Grey above, with dark brovvu 

 variegations; loreal region dark brown; a white streak on 

 the canthus rostralis and on the edge of the upper eyelid, and 

 a broader, dark-edged one from the eye to halfway down the 

 side of the body ; dark oblique bars on the sides of the head 

 and body and on the limbs ; upper eyelids and sides of body 

 with deep pink spots ; groin^ sides of thighs lower surface 

 of arm, forearm, and tibia, and upper surface of tarsus and 

 metatarsus deep pink ; throat, belly, and lower surface of 

 thighs grey, marbled with brown. 



From snout to vent 27 mm. 



A single specimen from Andagoya, Choco, Colombia. 

 Presented by Dr. H. G. F. Spurrell in 1916. 



Hylodes trachyhlepJiaris. 



Tongue oval, entire or slightly nicked behind. Vomerine 

 teeth in small groups just behind the choanae. Head as long 

 as broad ; snout rounded, not projecting beyond the mouth ; 

 canthus rostralis distinct ; loreal region oblique, concave ; 

 nostril nearer the tip of the snout than the eye; interorbital 

 space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, half 



