152 ENGXSTOMATID^. 



B. Greyish above, marbled -witli yellow and blackish brown ; 



beneath yellowish, anal region brown. 



l-o, p-q. c? $ . W. Ecuador. Mr. Fraser [C.l 



r. 2 ■ Paitanga, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley [0.]. 



C. Purplish brown above, immaculate; limbs green; flanks 



greenish or purple, white-dotted ; greenish yellow beneath. 

 s,t. c?. Paitanga, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley [0.]. 



D. Bright green, with a few irregular purple spots; greenish 

 yellow beneath, except the beUy and thighs, which are orange. 



u, V. S 2- Intac, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley [0.]. 



4. Fhryniscus seminiferns. 

 Atelopus seminiferus, Cope, Pfoc. Ac. Philad. 1874, p. 130. 



Snout viewed from above rounded, truncate, and in profile some- 

 what prominent ; the diameter of the eye equals the length of the 

 snout. Fingers slightly, toes entirely webbed. Body elongate, 

 limbs rather short; the heel marking the scapula. Skin smooth 

 except on the sides, where there are numerous closely-placed minute 

 tubercles from the head to the groin ; a broad fold of skin extending 

 from the side to the middle of the length of the femur. Above 

 dark brown; below brownish orange; sides black from head to 

 groin ; each tubercle of the skin yellow, resembling yeUow grains ; 

 limbs uniform black. 



Peru. 



5. Fhryniscus varius. 



Phryniscus varius, GHmth. Cat. p. 45. 

 Atelopus varius, Stannius, Handb. der Zoot. 2. Aufl. Amph. p. 16 ; 



Kefm-st. Oottinff. Nachr. 1867, p. 350, and Arch. f. Naturg. 1868, 



p. 293, pi. viii. f. 33 & 34. 

 Phrynidium varium, Martens, Nomend, Bept. Mus. Zool. Berol. 



p. 40. 

 Hylsemorphus dumerilii, Schmidt, Denhachr. Ac. Wien, 1858, p, 255, 



pi. 3. f. 23 & 24. 



Habit slender. Head longer than broad, its length contained 

 twice and a half or twice and two thirds in females, twice or twice 

 and one third in ^aales, in the length of the trunk ; sides of head 

 vertical ; snout subacuminate, projecting ; nostril much nearer the 

 tip of the snout than the eye ; the diameter of the latter equals its 

 distance from the nostril ;^ interorbital space considerably broader 

 than the upper eyelid in females, as broad as, or a little broader than 

 the upper eyelid in males. Fore limb slender, as long as or a little 

 longer than the trunk; fingers moderate, first short but very 

 distinct; one rather indistinct metacarpal tubercle; no subarticular 



