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large, as large as the tympanum ; toes one third webbed, the tips 

 dilated into "large disks, which are, however, not quite so large as 

 those of the fingers ; two rather indistinct metatarsal tubercles. 

 The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio- 

 tarsal articulation reaches the anterior corner of the eye. Skin 

 smooth, granular on the belly and under the thighs ; a fold from 

 the eye to the shoulder. Light brown or pinkish above, spotted or 

 dotted with brown ; legs cross-barred ; lower surfaces whitish. 



From snout to vent 68 millim. 



Treasury Island. 



CORNUFER SOLOMONIS, Sp. n. 



Vomerine teeth in two transverse or slightly oblique, slightly 

 arched series behind the choauEe. Head very large ; snout rounded, 

 as long as, or slightly longer than, the orbital diameter ; eyes ex- 

 tremely large ; interorbital space narrower than the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum round, nearly half the diameter of the orbit. Fingers 

 moderate, first extending beyond second ; toes moderate, with a 

 slight rudiment of web ; tips of fingers and toes swollen rather than 

 dilated ; subarticular tubercles very strong ; two metatarsal tubercles. 

 The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio- 

 tarsal articulation reaches the eye. Upper surfaces slightly granu- 

 lated, with short longitudinal folds ; a strong fold from the eye to 

 the shoulder. Grey-brown above, with more or less distinct darker 

 markings ; loreal and temporal regions dark brown ; lips with more 

 or less marked dark vertical bars ; tympanum chestnut-brown. 



From snout to vent 75 niillim. 



Shortland, Treasury, and Faro Islands. 



Ceratobatrachus, g. n. 



The type of a new family, Ceratohatrachidce, occupying in the 

 series Firmisternia the place which the Ilemlphractidce occupy in 

 the Arcifera, and characterized by the presence of teeth in both 

 upper and lower jaw, and by the diapophyses of the sacral vertebra 

 not being dilated. 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue deeply notched and cordiform, exten- 

 sively free behind. Vomerine teeth. Head large, strongly ossified. 

 Tympanum distinct. Fingers and toes free, with non-dilated tips. 

 Outer metatarsals united. Precoracoids present ; omosternum and 

 sternum with a bony style. Terminal phalanges simple. 



Ceratobatrachus guentheri, sp. n. J 



Vomerine teeth in two small groups behind the level of the 

 choanae ; latter large, eustachian tubes larger still. Head triangular, 

 not much smaller than the body ; mouth enormous ; interorbital 

 space broad, concave ; tympanum large, vertically elliptic ; skull 

 with prominent ridges and a small curved spine at the angle of the 

 jaws. Hind limb rather short. Digits swollen at the tips, with 

 strong subarticular tubercles. Upper surfaces with linear ridges 



