2. PHETNISCTJS. 151 



broader than the tipper eyelid. Fore limb moderately slender, as 

 long as the trunk ; fingers long, and slender, first nearly as long as 

 second ; two metacarpal tubercles ; subarticular tubercles very pro- 

 minent. Hind limb moderate, the tibio-tarsal articulation marking 

 the posterior corner of the eye ; toes moderate, slender, with a 

 slight rudiment of web, and very prominent subarticular tubercles ; 

 two small metatarsal tubercles. Skin entirely covered with small 

 granular tubercles intermix;ed with larger ones. Yellowish brown, 

 marbled with blackish above and beneath; a very narrow light 

 vertebral line ; gular and pectoral regions blackish. From snout to 

 vent 46 millim. 



Bahia. 

 a, b, c, $ , hgr., & yg. Bahia. 



3. Phryniscus Isevis. 



Phryniscus laevis, Ounth. Cat. p. 43, pi. iii. fig. A. 

 (Phryniscus ignescens, Cwnalia, Vm-t. syn. qtue in it. Osculati, SfC, 



p. S16.)* 

 Phryniscus Isevis, Oiinth. Proe. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 417. 

 Phrynidium Iseve, Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 196. 

 Atelopus IsBvis, Cope, Proc. Ao. Philad. 1868, p. 117. 

 ignescens, E^ada, Viaj. Padf., Vert. p. 139, pi. 1. f. 7 & 8. 



Habit rather stout. Head as broad as long, its length contained 

 nearly three times in females, twice and one third or twice and a 

 half in males, in the length of the trunk ; snout rather protruding, 

 longer than the diameter of the eye; upper surface of head and 

 loreal region concave ; nostril slightly nearer the tip of the snout 

 than the eye; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid. 

 Fore limb shorter than the trunk. Fingers rather short, depressed, 

 webbed at the base, with swollen tips ; first finger nearly as long as 

 second; metacarpal and subarticidar tubercles distinct, though 

 scarcely prominent. Hind limb moderate, the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation marking the shoulder in females, between the shoulder and 

 the eye (never reaching the latter) in males. Toes rather short, 

 depressed, broadly webbed ; subarticular tubercles very indistinct ; 

 two more or less distinct, flat metatarsal tubercles. Upper surfaces 

 smooth or with fiat warts ; sides, upper parts of thigh, and humerus 

 generally with small spiny warts. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



W. S.- America. 



The specimens show the following varieties of colour : — 

 A. Above uniform brownish black; beneath yellowish; anal 

 region generally brown. 

 a-b. S ? ■ Panama. Mr. Pufieis [0.]. I rr 



0. <s. Quito. ( ^yf®'- 



d-e. c? 5 . W. Ecuador. Mr. Eraser [0 J. 



f-q. c? 2 . Intac, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley [C.]. 



h-h. Yg. Chili? 



* I have been unable to consult this work, and therefore cannot offer an 

 opinion as to the correctness of this reference, 



