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6. Leptodactylus poecilochilus , Cope. 



7. Leptodactylus ocellatus, L. 



8. Leptodactylus caiiginosus, Gir. 



A single specimen , agreeing in every respect with the one 

 ligured by Steindachner, 1. c. pi. XI. fig. 1. 



Bufonidae. 



9. Bufo marinus, L. 



10. Bufo granulosus , Spix. 



Numerous specimens, all with a light vertebral line. 



Hylidae. 



11. Hyla punctata, Schn. 



12. Hyla spegazzinii, sp. n. (Pi. II. fig. 1). 



Tongue suboval , entire, slightly free behind. Vomerine teeth 

 in two angular series, forming together a / \- shaped figure, 

 between the moderately large choanae. Head moderate, as long 

 as broad ; snout rounded, as long as tlie diameter of the orbit ; 

 nostril much nearer the end of the snout than the eye; can thus 

 rostralis obtuse , straight ; loreal region not very oblique, scar- 

 cely concave ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; 

 a frontoparietal fontanelle; tympanum very distinct, three fourths 

 the diameter of the eye. Fingers one fourth webbed ; male 

 with a slight projecting rudiment of pollex ; toes three fourths 

 webbed ; disks half as large as the tympanum ; subarticular 

 tubercles well developed; a slight tarsal fold. The tibio- tarsal 

 articulation reaches tlie tip of the snout. Skin smootli above; a 

 glandular fold from behind the eye above the tympanum; belly 

 and lower surface of thighs granulate. Brown above, witli darker 

 marhlings , with oi- without a dark brown vertebral line; 



