294 MR. ST. GEORGE MIVART ON ANUROUS BATRACHIANS. [ May 13, 
tropical; Limnocharis, ?; Cystignathus, Neotropical and 
Ethiopian. 
Subfam. 3. HEMIPHRACTINA. 
Mandibnlar teeth. 
Genus Hemiphractus, Neotropical. 
Fam. XIV. Discocioss1p& (Giinther). 
A tympanum, cayum tympani, and eustachian tubes preseut ; 
transverse processes of sacral vertebra dilated; no parotoid glands ; 
tongue fixed in front; digits not dilated at the tips; arciform carti- 
lages present or absent; bony manubrium present or absent; ribs 
present or absent; mandibular teeth present or absent. 
Answers to both the Discoglosside and the Asterophrydide of 
Dr. Giinther. 
Cosmopolitan, except Nearctic and Ethiopian regions. 
Subfam. 1. CuiroLeprTina. 
Vertebree proccelian; no ribs; arciform cartilages present ; ma- 
nubrium wanting or cartilaginous; fronto-parietal bones complete, 
no fontanelle; xiphisternum a cartilaginous plate; no mandibular 
teeth. 
Genera :—Chiroleptes, Australian region; Zachenus(?); Calyp- 
tocephalus, Neotropical. 
Subfam. 2. ASTEROPHRYDINA. 
Vertebree opisthoccelian; no ribs; arciform cartilages present ; 
no mandibular teeth. 
Genera :—Cryptotis, Australian region; Asterophrys, Australian ; 
Xenophrys, Indian; Megalophrys, Indian; Nannophrys, Indian. 
Subfam. 3. PrLopyTINA. 
Vertebree proccelian; no ribs; arciform cartilages present; no 
mandibular teeth. 
Genera :—Pelodytes, Palearctic region ; Leptobrachium, Indian 
region. 
Subfam. 4. DiscoG1Lossina. 
Vertebre opisthoccelian ; short ribs present; arciform cartilages 
present ; no mandibular teeth. 
Genera:—Discoglossus, Palearctic region ; Zaphrissa, Palearctic ; 
Latonia, Paleearctic. 
Subfam. 5. ARTHROLEPTINA. 
No arciform cartilages; no ribs; precoracoids present; no man- 
dibular teeth ; manubrium and xiphisternum bony ; no fontanelle, 
Genus Arthroleptis, Ethiopian region. 
