296 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on new or 



conical ; a small conical tubercle on the inner side of tlie 

 tarsus 5 two large, oval, compressed metatarsal tubercles, 

 nearer each other than the tarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the posterior corner of the eye. Skin 

 nearly smooth, with flat warts above; no lumbar gland. 

 Greyish above, with numerous, insuliform, dark-edged spots; 

 dark vertical bars on the upper lip and cross bars on the 

 limbs ; sides of throat black in the male. Two external 

 subgular vocal sacs in the male. From snout to vent 30 

 millim. 



Brazil. 



Described from two specimens (male and young) from Porto 

 Alegre in the Berlin Museum (no. 6800) . 



The larger metatarsal tubercles distinguish P. albifrons 

 from P. gracilis. 



Liuperus marmoratus^ Burmeister (' La Plata,' ii. p. 532), 

 is not identical with P. albifrons^ as stated by Peters, but 

 with P. fuscomaculata. 



Paludicola HenseUi^ Peters. 



Tongue elliptic, entire. Vomerine teeth none. Snout 

 subacuminate, as long as the orbital diameter ; interorbital 

 space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum small, very 

 indistinct. Fingers moderate, first not extending quite as 

 far as second; toes moderate, free, not fringed; subarticular 

 tubercles moderate, not conical ; a small tarsal tubercle ; two 

 small, oval, metatarsal tubercles, which are wider apart from 

 each other than the inner from the tarsal tubercle. The 

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the posterior corner of the 

 eye. Back with numerous, nearly straight, longitudinal 

 folds; no lumbar gland. Grey-brown above, lighter along 

 the middle and the sides of the back ; hind limbs with dark 

 cross bands ; a black band extends from the end of the snout, 

 through the eye, to the side, obliquely descending and gradu- 

 ally widening from behind the eye; below this black band, 

 from the end of the snout to the shoulder, a whitish streak, 

 which is again edged below by a blackish streak bordering 

 the lip; lower surfaces whitish, mottled wnth brown. Male 

 with a large subgular vocal sac. From snout to vent 19 

 millim. 



Eio Grande, Brazil. 



Described from the type specimen {S) in the Berlin 

 Museum (no. 6806). 



Paludicola Bischoffi^ sp. n. 

 Tongue elliptic, entire. Vomerine teeth none. Snout 



