80 HYLODESOCULARIS. 



I am acquainted, is closely allied to the Hylodes gryllus in its habits, choosing the 

 same damp places for its abode, and is not unfrequently found on the leaves of 

 such low shrubs as inhabit the same localities, as the myrtle (myrica cerifera); 

 and like the Hylodes gryllus, too, it has the power of adhering to smooth surfaces, 

 though not so perfectly as the Hylas. 



Geographical Distribution, South Carolina and Georgia can only for the 

 present be given as the abode of the Hylodes ocularis, although doubtless it will 

 be found to have a much wider range. 



General Remarks. I have chosen the specific name ocularis for this animal, 

 from the black spot along the eye; and this has been done the more willingly, as 

 it is possible this animal may in the end prove to be the Hyla ocularis of Bosc 

 and Daudin, which Leconte thinks is most probably only a variety of the Hyla 

 squirella; and yet, as this animal is not unfrequently found on low bushes, or leaps 

 upon them when pursued, it is not impossible that Bosc might have supposed it 

 to be a real Hyla. Should it then turn out to be the Hyla ocularis of Bosc, an 

 additional synonyme will be saved; but if it is an undescribed animal, which I 

 believe, then the denomination Hylodes ocularis is well enough, as it belongs to 

 another genus. 



