98 HYLAVIRIDIS. 



Zoology, where it is described as the cinereous frog, with a white hne along the 

 flanks; the green colour doubtless had become cinereous, owing to the action of 

 alcohol on the specimen which he examined. 



Gmelin, in his edition of the Systema Naturae, goes back to the opinion of 

 Linneeus, and considers the Hyla viridis as only a variety of the Rana (Hyla) 

 arborea; but he adds a reference to Catesby. 



Schneider also calls it a variety of his Calamita arborea, though he says, " non 

 solum linearum diversa disectio, sed vox etiam distinguit." 



Bosc observed the living animal in Carolina, and gave a detailed and accurate 

 account of it to Latreille and Daudin, under the name Hyla lateralis, which was 

 afterwards published in their respective works. This name, however, cannot be 

 retained in this work — that of Hyla viridis having the right of priority. 



