4. HTLA. 



411 



Habit raniform. Tongue suboval, nicked and free behind. Vo- 

 merine teeth, between the choanse, in two slightly oblique series 

 convergent posteriorly. Head as long as broad, or a little longer 

 than broad, resembling in shape that of Rana eseulenta ; snout 

 longer than the diameter of the eye ; canthus rostralis moderately 

 distinct ; loreal region slightly concave ; interorbital space narrower 

 than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, half or two thirds 

 the diameter of the eye. Fingers free ; no distinct rudiment of 

 poUex ; toes entirely webbed, or nearly so ; disks small, about half 

 the diameter of the tympanum ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; a 

 distinct fold along the inner edge of the tarsus. The hind limb 

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

 reaches the eye, sometimes not quite so far, sometimes a little be- 

 yond. Skin smooth or warty above, granulate beneath ; a more or 

 less indistinct glandular lateral fold. Bluish or olive above, spotted 

 or marbled with blue or brown ; a dark streak on the canthus ros- 

 tralis; generally a whitish band on each side of the back; some- 

 times a light vertebral band ; beneath whitish, immaculate. Male 

 with two internal vocal sacs ; during the breeding-season the inner 

 side of the first finger furnished with brown rugosities. From snout 

 to vent 79 millim. 



Australia. 



a-h,c-d,e-f,g. S ,2 , 



hgr., & yg. 

 h. 2. 



i. 2- 



k. Hgi-. 



I. 2- 



m-n. Hgr. & yg. 

 0-1 'P,q- d&hgr. 

 -r-s,tr-w,x-a,. S-i2i 



hgr., h yg. 

 /3, -y. 5 1 skeleton. 

 8. 2- 

 e. Hgr. 

 f-.,. ?&hgr. 

 e,t-\. S,hgr.,&yg. 



il-TT. Yg. 



p. Hgr. 



Port Esaington. Dr. Fleming [P.]. 



Melbourne. 

 Melbourne. 

 King George's 



Sound. 

 King George's 



Sound. 

 Swan River. 

 Swan River. 

 W. Australia. 



Australia. 

 Australia. 

 Australia. 

 Australia. 

 Tasmania. 

 Tasmania. 

 China (???). 



G. KreiFt, Esq. [P.]. 



A. E. Craven, Esq. [P.]. 



Haslar Hospital. 



G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 



Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



C. Darwin, Esq. [P.I.- 

 Mr. W. Buchanan. 

 G. KreiFt, Esq. [P.]. 

 R. Gunn, Esq. [P.]. 

 Capt. Ross's Exped. 

 0. Bowring, Esq. [P.]. 



Vae. cyclorhynclnis. 

 Litoria aurea, var., Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soe. 1870, p. 402, pi. 30. f. 3. 



Snout shorter, more rounded. Groin and sides of thighs black, 

 with white spots ; lower surfaces densely reticulated with black, 

 these being, however, immaculate in the young specimen. Perhaps 

 a species. 



3,2: 



W. Australia. 



G. Ki-efft, Esq. [P.]. 



