Reptiles and Batrachians from Pernamhuco. 41 



and the ear-opening-, which is very small, oval, vertical. 

 Rostral large, cleft above ; nostril pierced between the rostral, 

 the first labial, and two small scales ; five upper labials, first 

 very long ; mental large, rounded posteriorly ; no chin- 

 shields ; no supraciliary spine. Body covered with rhom- 

 boidal, imbricate, smooth scales, which are a little larger on 

 the belly than on the back ; forty-six scales round the middle 

 of the body. Uniform brown above, whitisli interiorly ; one 

 of the specimens has a large whitish spot on the forehead and 

 a pair of small ones on the occiput. 



From snout to vent 24 raillim. 



Three specimens, without tail. 



Hy lodes ylicifera. 



Tongue oval, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 

 two oblique series behind the choanse. Snout subacuminate, 

 scarcely prominent, with angular canthus rostralis and con- 

 cave loreal region ; nostril much nearer the tip of the snout 

 than the eye ; interorbital space slightly broader than the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, one third the diameter of 

 the eye. Fingers and toes moderate ; disks small ; subarti- 

 cular tubercles strong ; first finger much longer than second ; 

 toes not fringed, with a very slight rudiment of web; two 

 small metatarsal tubercles. The tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaches the eye. Head and back with several symmetrical 

 linear folds, viz. a median straight one from between the 

 nostrils to above the vent, and five undulous others on each 

 side, beginning from the supraciliary edge and crossing 

 obliquely the upper eyelid ; sides with small warts ; lower 

 parts smooth. Pinkish grey above, with blackish markings ; 

 a blackish cross band between the eyes and three radiating 

 blackish streaks on each side from the eye to the mouth ; 

 limbs with crimson cross bars ; hinder side of thighs and 

 lower surface of tarsus blackish ; lower parts uniform whitish. 



From snout to vent 17 millim. 



A single specimen. 



Hylodes Ramagii. 



Tongue oval, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 

 two minute groups behind the choanal. Snout subacuminate, 

 scarcely prominent, as long as the diameter of the orbit, with 

 angular canthus rostralis and concave loreal region ; nostril 

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

 space slightly broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum 



