4. HTiA. 357 



the eye ; loreal region oblique, not concave ; cantlius rostralis mode- 

 rately distinct ; eye very prominent ; upper ej^elid narrow ; inter- 

 orbital space much broader than the latter ; tympanum distinct, 

 about half the diameter of the eye. Three outer fingers two-thirds 

 webbed ; a slight rudiment of poUex ; toes nearly entirely webbed ; 

 disks of fingers as large as the tympanum, of toes smaller ; sub- 

 articular tubercles moderate. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibib-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the 

 snout, or nearly so. Skin smooth, granulate on the beUy and 

 under the thighs ; a narrow glandular lateral fold, beginning from 

 the eye, not extending as far as sacrum ; heel with a very short, 

 triangular, dermal appendage. Yellowish or light reddish brown 

 above, closely and minutely punotulated with brown ; beneath im- 

 maculate. Male with an external subgular vocal sac. Prom snout 

 to vent 60 miUim. 

 BrazU. 



Para. 



Bahia. Dr. O. Wucherer [P.]. 



Bahia. 



Rio Janeiro. A. Fry, Esq. [P.]. 



Rio Janeiro. Dr. ■Cunningham [0.]. 



Brazil. 



Brazil. 0. Darwin, Esq. [P.]. 



17. Hyla punctata. 



Hyla punctata, Gunth. Cat. p. 101. 

 Calamita punctata, Schneid. Hist. Amph. p. 170. 

 Hyla punctata, Daud. Rain. p. 41, and Sept. viii. p. 81 ; Gravenh. 



Dehc. p. 30, pi. 6. f. 2 ; Dum. S/- Sihi: p. 652 ; Burmdst. Erlduter. 



p. 101 ; Peters, Mon. Serl. Ac. 1871, p. 403, & 1872, pp. 208 & 



214 ; Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 662. 



papillaris, Spix, Spec. Nov. Test. Pan. p. 34, pi. 8. f. 2. 



variolosa, Spix, I. c. p. 37, pi. 9. f. 4. 



Hypsihoas punctatus, Cope, Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 201. 

 Hyla rhodoporus, Gimth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 488, pi. 37. f. 4. 



Tongue subcircular, entire, adherent. Vomerine teeth between 

 the large choanse, in two series, forming together a /"\ or a -^. 

 Head moderate, a little broader than long ; snout rounded, once and 

 a half as long as the diameter of the eye ; canthus rostralis distinct ; 

 loreal region oblique, scarcely concave ; eye very prominent ; upper 

 eyelid narrow ; interorbital space broader than the latter ; tympanum 

 distinct, half or two thirds the diameter of the eye. Three outer 

 fingers slightly webbed ; a slight rudiment of poUex ; toes three- 

 fourths webbed ; disks- of fingers and toes smaEer than the tym- 

 panum ; subarticular tubercles moderate. The hind limb being 

 carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 the tip of the snout, or nearly so. Skin smooth, granulate on 

 the beUy and under the thighs. Light olive or greyish above, 

 minutely dotted with rose or white ; upper eyelid rose or white ; 

 generally a lateral streak and a few round spots on the back white ; 



