20. CETPTOTIS. 21. CELNTA. 263 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue suboval, entire and free behind. 

 Vomerine^ teeth. Tympanum hidden. Fingers and toes free, the 

 tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals united. Omosternum rudimen- 

 tary ; sternuni a cartilaginous plate. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra 

 slightly dilated. Terminal phalanges simple. 



Australia. 



1. Cryptotis brevis. 



Cryptotis brevis, Gunth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (3) xi. p. 27, pi. 4. 

 f. B ; Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 80 : Kef erst. Arch. f. Natwq. 

 1868, p. 268. ) ^ i- ' y J y 



Vomerine teeth in two small groups behind the choan». Head 

 large in the 'male, moderate in the female; two long tooth- 

 like processes in front of the lower jaw in the former ; these pro- 

 cesses indistinct in the latter. Snout rounded, longer than the 

 orbital diameter; canthus, rostralis indistinct; nostril nearer the 

 eye than the tip of the snout ; interorbital space broader than the 

 upper eyelid. Fingers moderate, first shorter than second ; in the 

 female the two inner fringed on their sides ; toes moderate, slightly 

 fringed ; subarticular tubercles well developed ; a small inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 

 body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the shoulder or the angle 

 of the mouth. Skin smooth, or slightly tubercular on the back. 

 Olive-brown above, spotted with darker ; a large dark spot between 

 the eyes ; a dark streak from the tip of the snout to the eye ; limbs 

 cross-barred ; lower surfaces black- and white-marbled. Male with 

 a subgular vocal sac. 



Australia. 



a,h. (S . Clarence River. Q. Kreift, Esq. fC." 



c. rf' . Macquarie River. Gc. Krefft, Esq. [0." 



d. Many sp. : S, Macquarie River. G. KreiFt, Esq. [P. 



2,hgr.,Scjg. 



(Types.) 



21. CEINIA. 



Crinia, Tschudi, Batr. p. 78; Cope, Nat. Hist. Bev. 1865, p. 114, and 



Jovrn. Ac. Bhilad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 95. 

 Cystignathus, sp., Bum. Sf Bibr. viii. p. 392; Gunth. Cat. p. 26. 

 RaEidella, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1853, p. 421. 

 Pterophrynus, Liithen, Vidensk. Meddel. 1862, p. 302. 

 Camariolius, Peters, Man. Berl. Ac. 1883, p. 236. 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue elliptic, entire, and free behind. Vo- 

 merine teeth very slightly developed or absent. Tympanum slightly 

 distinct or hidden, or absent. Fingers and toes free, not dilated at 

 the tips. Outer metatarsals united. Omosternum cartilaginous ; 

 sternum narrow, weak, cartilaginous. Diapophyses of sacral ver- 

 tebra slightly dilated. Terminal phalanges simple. 



Australia. 



