21. CEiNiA. 265 



dark brown ; a broad dorso-lateral pinlnsb band, dark margined 

 below ; groin and hinder side of thighs carmine. 



ir-h. $ & yg. King George's Sound. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



I- <S ■ Port Essiugton. Dr. Fleming [P.]. 



m. 2 ■ Australia. 0. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 



n-q. ?. Australia. G. Krefit, Esq. [P]. 



Vae. afl&nis'. 



Pterophrynus affinis, GiXnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 47, pi. 7. 

 f.21. 



Skin quite smooth above ; a dark lateral stripe. 

 r. 5. W.Australia. Hr. Damel [C.]. 



2. Crinia signifera, 



Crinia (Ranidella) signifera, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1853, p. 422 ; 



Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 203. 

 Pterophrynus verrucosus, Reinh. 8f IMtk. Vidensh. Meddel. 1862, 



p. 302, pi. 1. f. 4. 



■ varius, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 31, pi. 2. f. 1-6. 



fasciatus, Steindachn. I. c. p. 31, pi. 5. f. 3-4. 



Crinia stictiventris. Cope, I. c. p. 202. 



georgiana, var. varia, Keferst. Ootting. Nachr. 1867, p. 348. 



verrucosa, Gitnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 478. 



fasciata, Giinth. I. c. 



varia, jSe/ersi. Arch.f. Naturg. 1868, p. 264, pi. 6. f. 11-13. 



Vomerine teeth none. Snout rounded, as long as the orbital 

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

 snout ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 quite hidden. First finger shorter than second ; toes fringed ; 

 subarticular tubercles moderate ; two small metatarsal tubercles ; a 

 slight tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 

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

 poral region. Upper surfaces wartj^ the warts often confluent into 

 longitudinal lines on the back; lower surfaces granulate. Olive 

 above, marbled or longitudinally striped with darker ; a dark tri- 

 angular spot between the ej-.es ; a light spot above the vent ; lower 

 surfaces m.ore or less marbled with brown. Male with the throat 

 blackish, and a subgular vocal sac. 



Australia. 



a. 2 . Sydney. 



b-d. $. Sydney. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



e-h. $. Sydney. G. Krefit, Esq. [P.]. (As O/sti- 



gnathus sydneyensis.') 



i-l. $ & hgr. Abrolhos. Dr. A. Giinther [P.]. 



m. 5 . W. Australia. 



n-p. (3 S • Australia. 0. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 



n. (J, Australia. Earl of Derby [P.]. 



