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with two condyles ; terminal phalanges curved, sharp-pointed, swollen 
at the base, hyloid; ethmoid never covered by fronto-parietals. 
Genera:—Acris, North America; Leiyla? (Keferstein), Costa 
Rica. 
Subfam. 3. Hynopina. 
Arciform cartilages present ; vertebree proccelian ; coccyx separate, 
attached to two condyles ; manubrium wanting, or cartilaginous ; ter- 
minal phalanges with a transverse limb (Strabomantis?), not hyloid. 
Genera :—H/losia, Neotropical region; Zpirhexis, N eotropical ; 
Phyllobates, Neotropical; Hylodes, Neotropical; Cropodactylus, 
Neotropical ; Strabomantis (?), Neotropical. 
Subfam. 4. CaLosTerHIna. 
Precoracoids present, but no arciform cartilages; xiphisternum 
and manubrium wanting ; terminal phalanges with transverse limb ; 
no vomerine teeth. 
Calostethide, Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. 2nd ser. vol. vi. pt. 2. 
Genus Calostethus, Neotropia. 
Fam. XIII. RAnipaz. 
A tympanum, cavum tympani, and eustachian tubes present ; 
transverse processes of sacral vertebra not dilated; no parotoid 
glands; tongue fixed in front ; arciform cartilages present or absent ; 
digits not dilated at the tips. 
Answers to the Ranide and Cystignathide of Dr. Giinther. 
Cosmopolitan. 
Subfam. 1. Rania. 
No arciform cartilages; manubrium with a strong bony style; 
xiphisternum similar; no fronto-parietal fontanelle ; no mandibular 
teeth. 
Genera :—Rana, all regions except the Australian region; Qdon- 
vophrynus, Neotropical ; Dicroglossus, Indian; Oxyglossus, Indian ; 
Phrynobatrachus, Ethiopian; Hoplobatrachus, Indian ; Phryno- 
glossus (? skeletal characters unknown, but otherwise very like Oxy- 
glossus) ; Clinotarsus (skeletal characters unknown), —— ? 
Subfam. 2. CysTiGNATHINA. 
Arciform cartilages present ; manubrium wanting or cartilaginous 
(except Limnocharis) ; a styloid osseous xiphisternum with a carti- 
laginous disk ; sometimes a fronto-parietal fontanelle ; no mandibular 
teeth. 
Genera :—Pseudis, Neotropical region ; Pithecopsis, Neotropical ; 
Mixophyes, Australian ; Pywicephalus, Ethiopian and Indian; Cera- 
tophrys, Neotropical ; Zachenus, ?; Platyplectrum, Australian ; 
Neobatrachus, Australian ; Cyclorhamphus, Neotropical ; Limnody- 
nastes, Australian; Crinia, Australian; Husophleus, Neotropical; 
Pleurodema, Neotropical; Leiuperus, Neotropical; Hylorhina, Neo- 
Proc. Zoou. Soc.—1869, No. XX. 
