1022 MR. G. A. BOULENGER OK 



ill C. fachynema . Diameter of body 58 times in total length.' 

 200 circular folds, mostly interrupted on the back and belly ; 

 from the posterior fourth of the body short interrupted folds 

 appear and gradually extend across tlie back; the last 95 folds 

 close together and complete on the back, the 16 hindermost com- 

 pletely encii'cling the body. Uniform blackish. Total length 

 700 mm. ; diameter of body 12. 



A single specimen from Novita, Rio San Juan, 200 ft. 



3. CECILIA NIGRICANS Blgr. 



Described in 1902 from a single specimen from the Rio Lita, 

 N.W. Ecuador. 



The specimen in Dr. Spurrell's collection measures 395 mm., 

 diameter of body 7. 



E c A u D A T A. 



4. BUFO HYP.OMELAS, Sp. n. (PI. CII. fig. 1.) . 



Ci'OAvn without bony lidges ; snout truncate, moderately j)i"o- 

 minent, with angular canthus and vertical loreal region ; inter- 

 orbital spa,ce as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum moderately 

 distinct, half diameter of eye. Fingers moderate, first not 

 extending as far .as second ; toes short, barely half-webbed ; 

 subarticular tubei'cles feebly prominent, single ; two small meta- 

 tarsal tubercles ; no tarsal fold. Tarso -metatarsal articidation 

 reaching the tip of the snout. Skin smooth ; parotoid gland 

 narrow, shorter than the head. Black, elegantly marked with 

 grey lines above, vermicular or ring-shaped ; a whitish streak on 

 each side in the lumbar I'egion, and another on the arm ;' lower 

 parts with small greyish-white spots. 



Fi'om snout to vent 20 mm. 



This small toad, represented by a single si^ecimen from the 

 upper waters of the Condo, altitude 1200 feet, diftei's from all its 

 American congeners in the shortness of the inner finger. 



5. BuFO HyEMATITIC'US Oope. 



6. BuFO MARINUS L. 



7. BUFO TYPHONIUS L. 



Dr. Spurrell, in his notes, remarks : " Said to be the toad from 

 which Indians extract ari-ow-poison." See further on, p. 1028. 



8. Hyla maxima Laur. 



" Apparently strictly nocturnal. Pupil of eye at night large 

 and round, in daylight diamond -shaped. One caught at night on 

 top of partition between two rooms in bungalow was almost 

 uniform chocolate-bi'own with a dark median streak from snout 

 to middle of back. By daylight it turned to a light yellowish 

 brown, with verj' pronounced markings of waim darker brown on 



