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AA. Tormiiial i>lialiiii>;oH .siiiipU'. 



Pupil croct; piiliitiuo tooth normal; toosfreo; oxtroinitios onliirjji^l 



('(illiiloim Hlgr. 



Pupil horizontal; tongue frco bohind ; no vo-nerino tooth, linj^tMs and toes 



froo Cdcunlvrniim IMj'r. 



Ear fully (lovclopuil ; head not distiu(!t; uioMil)iamini tynipani concoak'd ; 



tooH froo to slightly palmate; motatarsus with insiguilieniit tiilMM-cles 



KtKjjiHtoma Kitz. 



"Elf (lovolopod, momhranum tynipani concealed; tooH free to i)artially pal- 



nuit(i; niotatnr.siis with two eomprosscd .shovel-like tuhcrcles" 



CacnpuH* Gthr. 



"Ear developed, memhranum tympaiii distiniit externally ; toes tree ; mota- 



tarHUs with insignificant tubercles" .^...Ideiioinvra Steiud. 



The species of this ftunily are distributed as follows : 



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EN(iYSTOMA Fitzinsor. 



N. Class. l{"'p(il., p. Cm; (iiinth. Cat., p. T)! ; Houleuger. Cat.jBatr. Sal. Brit. . 

 Miis.,'.2ded.,l->^-.i, ]>. KiO. 



Mirrops Wfi.u'l., Isis, 18-,'-', p. 7\\, and Syst. Amitli., p. '200. 



SIriKirriiliiiliis Tscliudi, Hatr., p. "it!. 



/v'«(/,i/.s/(>»i(/, H|)., Diiin.A Hibr., viii, p. 7;iS; Cope, Joiiru. Ac. Fiiila. (•'),%'!, 1HG7, p. 



ll»l. 

 Syntuma, wp., Cope, I, o. 



ENGYSTOMA CAROLINENSE Holbrook. 



N. Ainer. llerp., i, \t. 8;;, l'l.'2; Duin. &, liibr., p. 74:!; Hallow., Proceed. 



Ac. riiila., I8r>ti, p. -i.')! ; Glinth., Cat., ed. i, p. 51 ; Houl., Cat. Batr. 



.Sal. Brit. Mns., 188-', p. KVi. 

 EnfijiHtomu />Urari'iim MiiWow , I.e. 

 Eiiiji/sloma Ic.rciixv Girard, Proceed. Ac. Pliila., 18i")9, p. Kii). 



Snout rather obtuse, slightly projeotiiij;', not twice as long as the 

 diameter of the eye. Fore limb considerably longer than its distance 

 from the tip of the snout; the hind linil) being (tarried forwards along 

 the body, the tibio-tar.siil articulation reaches the shoulder in the 

 female, a little beyond in the male. Toes iiuite iree, with blunt tips and 

 distinct subarticular tubercles ; a very small inner metatarsal tubercle; 

 no outer tubercle. Skin smooth ; a fold aero.ss the head behind the 

 eyes, which is, hotvever, not unfreiiucntiy wanting in alcoholic speci- 



* Including GlyphoglosHUS G-thr. 

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