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20. Hyla punctillata. 



Cophomantis punctillata, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1870, p. 651. 

 Hyla punctillata, Peters, eod. ho. 1872, p. 211. 



Tongue heart-shaped. Yomerine teeth between the large choanse, 

 m two oblique series converging towards the front, their hinder 

 extremities extending beyond the level of the choanae. Head mode- 

 rate ; snout a little longer than the diameter of the eye, the end 

 truncate ; loreal region rather high ; canthus rostralis rounded : no 

 tympanic disk, eustachian tubes extremely minute. Outer fingers 

 one-third webbed ; toes two-thirds webbed ; disks moderate. Skin 

 smooth, granulate on the belly and under the thighs ; a fold from 

 the eye to the shoulder ; heel with a short dermal spur. Bluish- 

 grey above, closely and minutely punctulated with darker ; this 

 pigment forms a narrow streak on the femur ; concealed surfaces 

 blackish brown. Prom snout to vent 28 miUim. 



Brazil. 



21. Hyla pnnctatissima. 



Hylella punctatissima, Peinh. &■ Lutk. Vidensk. Meddel, 1861, p. 200, 



pi. 4 f . 5. 

 Hyla punctatissima, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 211. 



Closely allied to the preceding. The snout is shorter, the eusta- 

 chian tubes are more distinct, the tibio-tarsal spur is absent, the 

 ground-colour is brown, and the punctulation larger. Prom snout 

 to vent 21 millim. 



Brazil. 



22. Hyla fasciata. 



Hyla fasciata, Oiinth. Cat. p. 100, pi. vii. f . B. 

 ? Hyla calcarata, Troschel, in Schomb. Reis. Brit. Ouian. iii. p. 660. 

 Hypsiboas fasciatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 854 

 calcaratus, Cope,Journ. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1867, p. 200. • 



Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked, adherent. Vomerine teeth 

 between the large choanae, in two arched series, forming together a 

 n. Head moderate, as long as broad, depressed ; snout subacumi- 

 nate, a little longer than the diameter of the orbit ; loreal region 

 oblique, concave ; canthus rostralis distinct; interorbital space a little 

 broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, half the width 

 of the eye. Outer fingers with a slight rudiment of web, no web 

 between the two inner ; a slight rudiment of poUex ; toes two-thirds 

 webbed ; disks of fingers as large as the tympanum, of toes smaller ; 

 subarticular tubercles moderate. The hind limb being carried for- 

 wards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation marks the tip of 

 the snout. Skin smooth, granular on the belly and under the thighs ; 

 heel with a short triangular dermal appendage. Eeddish brown 

 above ; a dark-brown vertebral line beginning from the tip of the 

 snout ; sides of body and of hind limbs with vertical black bars ; 



