Dr. A. Giintlier 07i two neio Australian Frogs. 349 



* C. glahrum, B. 



Asci linear; sporidia globose, uniseriate, smooth, '0005 in 

 diameter. ' 



On the same matrix Lycogala parietinum occurs ; and we 

 have little doubt that it is a mere state of the Choitomium. 

 The asci are mixed up with yellow threads ; and it is probable 

 that, as in other Choitomia^ they are often absorbed, leaving 

 the sporidia free, and thus appearing to be the spores of a 

 Myxogaster. 



Plate X. fig. 15. a. plant, more or less magnified ; b. ditto, ruptured ; 

 c. threads ; d. asci ; e. sporidia. 



1398. Sphinctrina coremioides^ B. & Br. Gard. Chron. 1872, 

 p. 40, cum icone. Peritheciis stipitatis, globosis, extus setu- 

 losis ; ascis linearibus, cito evanidis ; sporidiis globosis, con- 

 catenatis. 



On pear-roots. Painswick, Mr. J. Atkins. 

 Sporidia "00025 in. diameter, forming chains at the tips of 

 the elongated pedicels of the asci, which are soon absorbed. 



1399. Peronospora jicariai^^v\. Comptes Rendus, Jan. 1854. 

 On Banunculus Jicaria. Rev. J. E. Vize, Forden, May 1872. 



1400. P. lamn, De By. Ann. d. Sc. Nat. 1863, xx. p. 120. 

 On Lamimn ruhrum. Forden, Rev. J. E. Vize, May 1872. 



1401. P. hyoscyamij De By. /. c. p. 123. 



Market Deeping, in Mr. Holland's herb-garden, on the 

 common henbane. 



[To be continued.] 



XXXVIII. — -Description of two new Species of Frogs from 

 Australia. By Dr. Albert Gijnther. 



I AM indebted to Mr. Gerard KrefFt for the opportunity of 

 examining some frogs, of which the following appear to be 

 new. 



NOTADEN (g. n. Bufonid.). 



Body thick, short, covered with large flat glandular warts. 

 Head very short and high, with a very obtuse snout ; eye of 

 moderate size ; mouth very short, reaching to below the middle 

 of the eye. Limbs short. Teeth none ; a pair of short and 

 soft prominences between the narrow choanje. Ear-opening 

 covered by the skin, and visible only after the skin is removed; 

 it is very narrow, as are the Eustachian tubes. Tongue 

 without notch, broad. Not only tlic skiji of the parotoid 



