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Inchss. 



Length from end muzzle to orbit ~0 



" '' " behind tympanum 40 



<' " " vcub(oxial; 1.30 



" of fore limb. 90 



" of hind limb. . 2.00 



of foot 90 



' ' of harsus 56 



Diameter eye 89 



"W idth head behind 41 



The pigment of the upper surfaces extends to near the edge of the lip 

 and in a band on humerus and femur, covering three outer fingers, 

 an outer metatarsus and two outer toes. A grey-brown band extends 

 along the border of the lip above the axilla to the groin ; a second and 

 wider extends from the nai'es through eye and tympanum to groin. In 

 our specimen the reddish-cream color of the dorsal region is marked witli 

 indistinct dap ; in a second, with nine longitudinal grey-brown lines, of 

 which a vertebral, and one from above the lores and over each orbit to 

 groin are band-like. In both, a similar band bounds the antebrachium, 

 tibia and metatarsus, and the i)Osterior margin of the pigment on the 

 femur. In the lined specimen there are additional lines on the lips hu- 

 merus and femur. 



This species has the opposable thumb and slight palmation of some of 

 the Hylae referred to Litoria. It is in general allied to H. pa Hi at a, 

 but has the toes much less palmate, and the vomerine teeth more pos- 

 terior. 



This species is figured by Gtinther as the H. rubicundula of Ehdt. & 

 Liitk. as above. It is however not that species, which differs according 

 to the original description in Danish, in first, having the vomerine teeth 

 between the nares: second, in having the tongue half free; third, the 

 palmation of the feet extends over one phalange more, and fourth, that 

 of the fingers is better developed. 



From Brazil ; collected by G. Sceva, of the Thayer expedition to that 

 country, under Prof. Agassiz. No. 906 Mus. Comparative Zoology, Cam- 

 bridge. 



Stekeocyclops ikcrassatus. Cope, Sj7. et. gen. nov. Phryniscidaritm. 



Char. gen. Of section I. of Phryniscidae with Hypopachus and Calo- 

 phrynus. The prefrontals are fully developed and form a continuum with 

 each other and with tlie fronto parietals. Tongue large, Membranum 

 tympani thin, concealed. No dorsal or parotoid gland ; no metatarsal 

 shovel. Coccyx united by two condyles. Xiphisternum cartilaginous, 

 much dilated and entirely in contact with the coracoids. Anterior por- 

 tion of the sclerotica ossified, so as to form a hard annulus round the 

 cornea. Pupil round. Toes free. 



Char. Spec. The whole form is much depressed, and the physiognomy 

 approaches Pipa. The cranial box partakes of this and presents a strong 

 median longitudinal crest. Tongue large ; equal inner nares. A short 



