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rim of the eye ; behind the eye the vitta is superiorly margined with 

 white, and runs obliquely towards the occiput, hence, diverging 

 towards the sides, terminates about the middle of the trunk ; legs 

 barred with blackish brown ; reddish brown beneath ; on each side 

 a blackish-brown, elongated, tapering patch, proceeding from the 

 belly, inclined anteriorly towards the chest. ' 

 E,io Janeiro. 



19. LIMNODYNASTES. 



Limnodynastes, Fittdn^er, Syst. Rept. p. 31 ; Giinth. Cat. p. 32 ; Cope, 



Nat. Hist. Jtev. 1865, p. 113. 

 Oystignathus, sp., Dum. Sr Bibr. viii. p. 409. 

 Perialia, Oray, in Eyre's Journ. Exped. Centr. Austr. i. p. 406. 

 Wagleria, Oirard, Pro'c. Ac. Philad. 1863, p. 421. 

 Platyplectrum, Giinth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. S. (3) xi. p. 27 ; Cope, 



Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 94. 

 Opiathodon, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 9. 

 Heliorana, Steindachn. I. c. p. 32. 

 Borboroccetes, sp., Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 94. 



Pupil erect. Tongue subcircular, entire or slightly nicked, and 

 free behind. Vomerine teeth in a series behind the- choanse. Ear 

 perfectly developed ; tympanum not, or but slightly distinct. Fingers 

 free; toes free or slightly webbed, the tips not dilated. Outer 

 metatarsals imited. Omosternum cartilaginous; sternum a carti- 

 laginous plate. Terminal phalanges simple. 



Australia. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Inner metatarsal tubercle small, blunt. 



Tarso-metatarsal articulation reaching be- 

 yond the tip of the snout ; snout much 

 longer than the orbital diameter 1. peronii, -p. 258. 



Tarso-metatarsal articulation not reaching 

 the tip of the snout ; first finger a little 

 longer than second 2. salminii, p. 259. 



Tarso-metatarsal articulation not reaching 

 the tip of the snout ; first finger not ex- 

 tending quite as far as second 3. tasmaniensis, p. 260. 



Tarso-metatarsal articulation reaching the 

 tip of the snout ; snout not longer than 

 the orbital diameter 4. platycephcdus, p. 260. 



II. Inner metatarsal tubercle large, shovel-shaped. 



A large parotoid-like gland on the calf . . 5. dorsalis, p. 261. 

 No large gland on the calf 6. ornatus, p. 262. 



1. Limnodynastes peronii. 



Limnodyiiastes peronii, OUnth. Cat. p. 134. 

 Oystignathus peronii, Dum. Sr Bibr. p. 409. 



