320 BTJPONIDiE. 



acuminate ; loreal regions very oblique ; interorbital space muoli 

 broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, nearly as 

 large as the eye. First finger extending beyond second ; toes half 

 webbed, with simple subarticular tubercles ; two small metatarsal 

 tubercles; no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches between 

 the front edge of the tympanum and the tip of the snout. Upper 

 surfaces thickly covered with conical warts ; parotoids short, round, 



Tipper view of head. 



or subtriangular, oblique ; generally a series of large, strongly 

 conical warts forms a lateral line beginning from the posterior end of 

 the parotoid. Brown or blackish above j a black cross streak between 

 the angles of the supraorbital and parietal ridges ; generally a light 

 vertebral line and a broad lateral light band ; beneath immaculate 

 or black-spotted, the throat and breast sometimes, especially in 

 males, black. Male with a subgular vocal, sac. 

 Texas ; Central America. 



a. 5 . Texas. 



b,c. 5 & hgr. Mexico. M. Sall^ [C.]. 



d. Yg. Mexico. M. SaM [O.J.) Types of 



[ B. siemo- 



e. Yg. Cordova. M. SaU^ [C.J. ( signatua, 



f. 5 . Vera Cruz. 



g. Jtr-l. $ , hgr., & yg. Jalapa, Mexico. Mr. Hoege [C.]. 

 m^q- d 2 • Vera Paz. ■ O. Salvin, Esq. [P.]. 

 r. 5 . Duenas, Guatemala. O. Salvin, Esq. [0.]. 



63. Bufo melauoclilorus. 



Bufo valliceps, var., Cope, Journ, Ac. Philad. 1865, p. 100. 

 melanochlorus, Cope, Proc. Amer. PMlos. Soc. xvii. p. 86. 



Crown with prominent ridges, viz. a very weak preorbital, a 

 supraorbital, a postorbital, a long parietal, and an orbito-tympanic ; 

 snout not projecting ; tympanum very distinct, half the diameter of 

 the orbit. Toes long, nearly free; two metatarsal tubercles; no 

 tarsal fold. Legs short, the heel reaching the posterior border of 



