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eye. Skin finely granular above, with small warts, which are largest 

 on the head, and one of which, on the upper eyelid, may be largo and 

 conical, horn-like ; a strong fold above the tympanum ; belly aud 

 lower surface of thighs granular. Dark grey-brown or vinaceous 

 red above, with blackish spots and marblings ; limbs with more or 

 less distinct, irregular, dark cross-bars ; whitish beneath ; sides of 

 throat, belly, and lower surface of limbs finely speckled, as if 

 powdered with brown. Male without vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 54 millim. 



Two specimens from Oachabe. 



15. Syeehoptts areolatus, sp. n. (Plate XIV. fig. 3.) 



Snout rounded, as long as the eye, which is large ; canthus ros- 

 tralis rounded .; loreal region concave, oblique ; interorbital space 

 as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum feebly distinct, about one 

 third the diameter of the eye. Fingers rather short, first shorter 

 than second ; toes rather short, quite free; disks well developed; 

 subarticular tubercles feebly prominent. The tibio -tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches the eye. Skin areolate or coarsely granular above 

 and beneath. Greenish yellow above, spotted or dotted \\ith 

 reddish brown ; thighs colourless ; lower parts white. Male with 

 an internal vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 24 millim. 



One specimen from Cachabe and two from Chimbo. 



16. Leptodactylus pulchee, sp. n. (Plate XIV. fig. 4.) 



Tongue oval, entire. Vomerine teeth in two long arched series 

 behind, and extending outwards beyond the choanae. Head as long 

 as broad ; snout rounded, as long as the diameter of the orbit; canthus 

 rostralis distinct; loreal region concave; nostril nearer the tip of the 

 snout than the eye ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum very distinct, two thirds the diameter of the eye. Fingers 

 moderate, first extending a little beyond second ; toes moderate, not 

 fringed ; tips of fingers aud toes swollen, feebly but distinctly dilated; 

 subarticular tubercles strong ; two small, prominent metatarsal 

 tubercles ; a feebly prominent, oval tubercle on the tarsus nearer the 

 foot than the tibia. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between 

 the eye and the tip of the snout. Skin smooth ; a ventral discoidal 

 fold. Grey-brown above, with symmetrical blackish, light-edged 

 markings forming a chain along the middle of the back ; lips with 

 blackish bars ; a white spot on the tip of the snout ; a dark oblique 

 band, gradually widening, from the eye to the side of the body; 

 limbs with regular dark cross-bars ; throat brown, with white spots, 

 which are most regular round the mandible ; belly white, uniform 

 or spotted with brown. 



From snout to A^ent 24 millim. 



Three specimens from Chimbo. Probably young. 



17. Leptodactylus pentadactylus Laur. 

 Cachabe. 



