232 CTSTIGINATHID^. 



3. Paludicola brachyops. 



PleurodemaHbroni, var. B, Gunth. Cat. p. 82. 

 Pleurodema elegans, {non Bell) Steindachn. Site. Wien. Ac. xlviii. 



pi. 1. f. 1-5, and Novara, Amph. p. 14. 

 Lystris brachyops, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 312. 

 Pleurodema sachsi, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ao. 1877, p. 460. 



Lower surface of foot. 



Tongue subcircular, indistinctly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth 

 in two small oblique groups between the choansB. Snout rounded, 

 as long as the orbital diameter ; nostril a little nearer the tip of the 

 snout than the eye ; interorbital space narrower than the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum indistinct. Fingers moderate, first extending a 

 good deal beyond second ; toes short, with a rudimentary web ex- 

 tending as a slight fringe along their sides ; subartioular tubercles 

 moderate ; two strong, oval, shovel-shaped metatarsal tubercles, 

 the outer a little longer than the inner. The hind limb being 

 carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 the shoulder. Skin of upper surfaces with a few small flat warts ; 

 a very prominent oval lumbar gland, as large as the eyeball. 

 Olive-brown, with a few indistinct darker markings ; a large black 

 spot on the inguinal region, including the gland which bears a few 

 small white specks ; loins and hinder side of thighs rose-coloured, 

 immaculate ; upper side of thighs with three large black spots ; the 

 male's throat grey. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



Colombia ; Venezuela ; N. Brazil. 



u,b. (j & yg. Venezuela. Mr. Dyson. 



4. Paludicola cinerea. 



Pleurodema cinereum, C(^e, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soa. xvii. 1877, 

 p. 40. 



Tongue a wide oval, with a slit-like notch behind. Vomerine 

 teeth in small fasciculi between the choanse. Snout oval, vertically 

 truncate ; nares terminal ; membranum tympani distinct, its diameter 

 one third that of the eye. Two metatarsal tubercles, the outer not 

 prominent. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, 

 the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the middle of orbit. Skin with 

 low warts on aU the upper surfaces of the head and body ; a 

 moderate, oval inguinal gland. Colour above grey leaden, with 

 indistinct darker plumbeous spots, of which the largest is between 



