390 HYLID^. 



eye. Fingers one-third webbed ; no projecting rudiment of pollex ; 

 toes three-fourtbs webbed ; disks smaller than the tympanum ; sub- 

 articular tubercles rather indistinct. The hind limb being carried 

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

 the tip of the snout. Skin smooth, granulate on the beUy and 

 under the thighs. Kose-coloured above, the back scarcely dotted 

 with violet ; a purplish-brown band round the snout through the 

 eye along the sides to the loin ; upper arm and thigh not coloured ; 

 beneath whitish, immaculate. Prom snout to vent 27 miUim. 

 Ecuador. 



a. Hgr.P Andes of Ecuador. Mr. Eraser [C.]. (Type.) 



77. Hyla strigilata. 



Hyla strigilata, S;«'.r, Spec. Nov. Test. Han. p. 38, pi. 10. f 3; Peters, 

 Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, pp. JU & 680. 



Tongue subcircular, openly emarginate and very slightly free 

 behind. Vomerine teeth in two small transverse groups between 

 the choanse. Head as long as broad ; snout prominent, longer than 

 the diameter of the eye ; loreal region slightly concave ; tympanum 

 distinct, one third the diameter of the eye. Outer fingers one-fourth 

 webbed ; toes half webbed ; disks and subarticular tubercles mode- 

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

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Upper surfaces 

 slightly tubercular ; belly and lower surface of thighs granulate. 

 Upper surfaces brown-spotted ; limbs cross-barred ; loins blackish, 

 light- spotted; beneath, marbled with brown. From snout to vent 

 42 miUim. 

 ■ Brazil. 



78. Hyla peronii. 



Hyla peronii, Gi'mth. Cat, p. 112. 

 Dendrohyas peronii, {Bibi:') Tschudi, Batr. p. 75. 

 Hyla peronii. Bum. §• Bihr. p. 569 ; Giinth. Proo. Zool. Soc. 1883, 



p. 250, pi. 30. f. A & B ; Steindachn. 'Novara, Amph. p. 60 ; Kef erst. 



Arch.f. Naturg. 1868, p. 282, pi. 8. f. 30 & 31. 



Tongue subcircular or suboval, free and slightly nicked behind. 

 Vomerine teeth in two transverse groups between the choanse. 

 Head moderate, a little broader than long ; snout rounded, as long 

 as the diameter of the orbit; canthus rostralis rounded; loreal 

 region oblique, slightly concave ; interorbital space as broad as the 

 upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, two thirds the diameter of 

 the eye. Eingers half webbed, or nearly so ; no distinct rudiment 

 of poUex; toes nearly entirely webbed; disks large, those of the 

 fingers somewhat more than half the diameter of the eye ; sub- 

 articular tubercles moderate ; a distinct fold along the inner edn-e 

 of the tarsus. The hind limb being- carried forwards along the 

 body, the tibio-tarsal articulation, reaches the tip of the snout 



