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CYBTleNATHrD^. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Lower surfaces granulate. 



Tympanum slightly distinct ; belly imma- 

 culate ; loins and sides of thighs carmine 1. 



Tympanum quite hidden ; belly dark 

 spotted or marbled 2, 



II. Lower surfaces smooth. 

 Subartieular tubercles of fingers and toes 



and metatarsal tubercles very distinct . . 3, 

 Subartieular and metatarsal tubercles in- 

 distinct; toes not fringed 4. Imvis, p, 



georgiana, p. 264. 

 signifera, p. 265, 



tasmaniensis, p. 266. 

 266. 



1. Crinia georgiana. 



Cystignathus georgiana, Giinth. Cat. p. 30. 

 Crinia georgiana, [Bihr.) Tschudi, Batr. p. 78; Keferst, Qotting. 



Nadir. 1867, p. 347, and Arcluf. Naturg. 1868, p. 263. 

 Cystignathus georgianus, Dum. §■ Bibr. p. 416. 

 ? Crinia ignita, Cojie, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 86. 

 Pterophryne georgiana, Gunth. Ann. §■ Mag. iV. If. (3) xx. p. 63. 



Vomerine teeth in two very small, indistinct groups behind the 

 choanae, seldom missing. Snout rounded, a little longer than the 

 orbital diameter; nostril equally distant from the eye and the tip 

 of the snout; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tym- 

 panum generally slightly distinct. First finger a little shorter than 

 second ; toes not or but slightly fringed ; subartieular tubercles well 

 developed; two small metatarsal tubercles; a very distinct tarsal 

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

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between the shoulder and the eye. 

 Lower surfaces granulate. Back with small warts. Brownish or 

 pinkish above, marbled with darker ; loins, front and hinder side of 

 thighs and inner side of tibiae carmine. Male with a subgular 

 vocal sac. 



Australia. 



King George's Sound. 

 Sydney. 



Port Essington. 



Au.straliii. 



Australia. 



G. Krefl't, Esq. [P.]. 



Dr. Fleming [P.]. 

 Dr. A. Giintlier [P.]. 

 G. Kreft't, Esq. [P.]. 



a. 2. 



b. Several spec: Si^i 

 & hgr. 



c-d, e. d 2- 

 /■ 2- 



g-h. ?. 



Vae. stolata. 



Cystignathus georgianus, Bell, Zool. Beagle, Sept. pi. 16. f. 4. 

 Crinia stolata, Cope, Journ. Ac, Philad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 201. 



Back with strong dermal folds — one from each upper eyelid along 

 the back, approaching the other at scapulae ; another from the pos- 

 terior angle of the eye to the side ; two converging on parietal 

 regions and one on the middle of the snout. Middle of the back 



