1864.) DR. A. GUNTHER ON AUSTRALIAN BATRACHIA. 49 
panum very distinct, half the size of the eye. Skin perfectly smooth; 
a fold across the chest; belly granulated. Vomerine teeth in two 
oblique short series between the anterior part of the choane ; tongue 
entire behind. Openings of the Eustachian tubes much narrower 
than the choane. Limbs rather slender: the third finger is longer 
than the fourth. The length of the body is a little less than the 
distance between vent and heel. Tarsus with a lateral fold of the 
skin; metatarsus with two small tubercles. Toes three-fourths 
webbed; the length of the fourth toe is a little less than one-half of 
that of the body. Disks rather small. 
Upper parts greyish olive, indistinctly marbled with darker; a 
dark cross band between the eyes. A black band runs from the 
snout along the canthus rostralis, and is continued behind the eye, 
through the tympanum, to behind the axil. Sides of the belly and 
hinder side of the thigh yellow, marbled with black. 
lines 
Eeugth or the beby Pf .0. 2228 a 19 
Width of the cleft of the mouth.......... 62 
ihength-ot the fore limb .2...2. . 22. Va. 134 
of the third finger .............. 43 
of the hing Thm 5.3 seca nner SD 
pb thevengire faotinid: peek: jot kb 
Of fhe! fourth toe ai. Suisse. terest s 9 
Two specimens were sent by Mr. Krefft; they were collected at 
the Clarence River by James F. Wilcox, Esq., to whom science is in- 
debted for many valuable acquisitions from that country. 
I take this opportunity of remarking that Hyla aurea, Less., 
has the first finger opposite to the three others, and that therefore 
it ought to be referred to the genus Litoria. 
HALOPHILA PLATYDACTYLA. 
This species is very similar to H. vitiana, Bibr., but distinguished 
by the very broad terminal disks of the fingers, which are as large 
as the tympanum. In the form of its head it agrees with the other 
species mentioned; the tympanum is not quite half as large as the 
eye; the choanz and openings of the Eustachian tubes are small, 
and the minute vomerine teeth form only a very short oblique series 
behind the choane. The skin is perfectly smooth. The first finger 
is shorter than the others. The length of the body is more than 
the distance between vent and heel. Toes with a rudimentary web, 
and with the terminal disks much smaller than those of the fingers ; 
the third toe is longer than the fifth; metatarsus with two minute 
tubercles. Uniform brownish violet above ; light brownish below. 
Length of the body 16 lines, of the hind limb 22 lines, of the 
fourth toe 7 lines, of the fore limb 113 lines. 
The locality where this species has beeu obtained is not known, 
but it is probable that it came from one of the Feejee Islands. 
Proc. Zoou. Soc.—1864, No. IV. 
