9. HTioDES. , 207 



13. Hylodes lineatus. 



Hy lodes lineatus, part., Oiinth. Cat. p. 91 . 

 Rana lineata, Schneid. Hist. Amph. p. 138 ; Qravenh. Delia, p. 44, 



pi. 8. f. 2. • 



fusca, Schneid. I. c. p. 180. 



castanea, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 128. 



Bufo lineatus. Hand. Rain. p. 105, and Rept. viii. p. 138. 



albonotatus, Daud. Rept. viii. p. 185. 



schneideri, Merr. Tent. p. 177. 



Hylodes lineatus, Dum. Sr Bibr. p. 626 ; Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soa. 1859, 



p. 89. 



Tongue suboircular, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 

 two transverse straight or slightly arched series, behind and between 

 the choanae. Snout rounded, with indistinct canthus rostralis ; 

 nostril nearer the tip of the snout than the eye ; the width of the 

 eye equals its distance from the nostril; interorbital space broader 

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, three fourths the diameter 

 of the eye. Fingers moderate, first extending a little beyond second ; 

 toes moderate, quite free ; disks of fingers and toes very small ; 

 suhartioular tubercles well developed; two metatarsal tubercles. 

 The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the eye. Upper surfaces covered with very 

 small, closely set tubercles ; lower surfaces smooth. Blackish brown 

 above ; a white stripe on each side of the back, on the upper eyelid 

 and on the side of the snout, meeting its fellow on the tip of the 

 snout ; a large white spot on the loin ; a few large white spots, 

 sometimes confluent, on the hinder side of the thighs and the inner 

 side of the legs ; lower surfaces light brown, dotted with white. 

 Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



Guianas; Ecuador; Peru. 



a. ?. Vryheits Lust, Beme- Eev.W. J. Turner [C.]. 



rara. 



6. Several spec, $ Andes of Ecuador. Mr. Fraser [C.]. 



& hgr. 



c. (S . Canelos, Ecuador. Mr. Buckley [C.]. 



d-f. 2 & yg- Moyobamba, Peru. A. H. Roft'tO.]. 



14. Hylodes lentus. 



Hylodes lineatus, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 91, 

 Hylodes lentus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 151. 

 riisei, Reinh. ^ Ziltk. Vidensh. Meddel. 1863, p. 208. 



Tongue elliptic, entire or slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth 

 in two long arched series across the palate, behind the choanoe. 

 Snout conical, truncate, a little longer than the orbital diameter; 

 canthus rostrahs moderate ; nostril much nearer the tip of the 

 snout than the eye ; interorbital space broader than the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum distinct, half the diameter of the eye. Fingers 

 moderate, first and second equal; toes moderate, with a slight 



