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HYLODES OCULARIS. 



Plate XIV. 



Characters. Head short, snout pointed, upper jaw white, which colour is 

 continued to the anterior extremity, above this a black band runs over the 

 shoulder and terminates on the flanks; body short, reddish-brown; abdomen 

 yellowish-white; length, 11 lines. 



Description. The head is short and the snout pointed; the nostrils are lateral, 

 and rather nearer the snout than the orbits. The eyes are small, but prominent, 

 the pupil black, and the iris grey, with a tinge of red. The upper lip is white, 

 and this colour is continued in a line to the axilla; above this is a black blotch, 

 which begins very narrow and becomes broad under the orbit, passes over the 

 shoulder, and there terminates. The chin and throat is yellowish-white. 



The body is small and delicate, uniform reddish-brown above, and yellowish- 

 white below. The anterior extremities are small, brown above, and clouded white 

 below; there are four fingers, distinct, and slightly enlarged at their tips. The 

 posterior extremities are very long, reddish-brown above, barred with dusky, and 

 obscure white below; there are five toes, webbed, and slightly enlarged at their 

 extremities. 



Dimensions. Length, 11 lines; thighs, 2>\ lines; leg, 3-J- lines; tarsus and toes, 

 6j lines. 



Habits. This beautiful little animal, the smallest of the frog kind with which 



