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and folded over to form a nest as in Phyllomedusa hypo- 

 chondricdis * . The eggs resemble those of Alytes obstetricans 

 in size (diameter 3 to 4 mm.) and in the tough gelatinous 

 capsule, but differ in the upper pole being bi'own and in nob 

 being strung together. 



Text-fie. 177. 



Agalychnis spurrelli spawning. 



The leaf, which I have not been able to get identified, pi-obably 

 belongs to the family Anonacea?. 



12. Leptodactylus pentadactylus Laur. 



13. Hylodes palmatus Blgr. 



14. Hylodes conspicillatus Gthr. 



15. Glossostoma aterrimum Gthr. 



Originally described from Costa Rica, this Engystomatid has 

 since been found on the Rio Durango, N.W. Ecuador. 



* Budgett, Q. J. Micr. Sci. xlii. (1899) p. 313, pi. xxviii. 



