438 ?BLOBATID^. 



a-l. 5 & hgr. Hanover. Dr. J. E. Gray [P.]. 



c-d. (j . Paris. 



e-f. Yg. Paris. 



g. Skeleton. Bondy. 



h. [J. Nantes. 



i. Larva. Bologna. Prof. J. J. Bianconi [P.]. 



2. Felobates cultripes. 



Pelobates cultripes, Cfimth. Cat. p. 41. 

 Rana cxiltripes, Cuv. R. A. 



Cultripes provincialis, Muller, Isis, xxv. 1832, p. 538. 

 Bombmator fuscus, Dugh, Rech. OsUol. Batr. 

 Pelobates cultripes, Tschudi, I. c. ; Bum. Sr Bib-, p. 483 ; Schreib. 



Herp. Evr. p. 02 ; Lataste, Herp. Oir. p. 263. 

 ? Didoeus ealcaratus, Cope, journ. Ac. Ph%lad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 81. 



Closely allied to the preceding species, from which it differs in 

 the following points : — Fronto-parietal region flat ; temporal region 

 bony, rough, the orbit being completely enclosed. Metatarsal spur 

 black. 



France ; Spain and Portugal. 

 a. 5 . France. 



3. PELODYTES. 



Pelodytes, {Fitzi) Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; Bum. lj[ Bibi: viii. p. 460 ; 



Gunt/i. Cat. p. 35 ; Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1865, p. 108, and Journ. 



Ac. PhUad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 80. 

 Obstetricans, sp., Dugh, Rech. OstSol. Batr. 

 Alytes, sp., Tschudi, Batr. p. 84. 



Pupil erect. Tongue subcircular, slightly nicked and free behind. 

 Vomerine teeth in two small groups. Tympanum slightly distinct. 

 Fingers free, toes webbed at the base, the tips not dilated. Outer 

 metatarsals separated by web. Omosternum cartilaginous ; sternum 

 with a bony style. Vertebrse procoelian; diapophyses of sacral 

 vertebra very strongly dilated, with two condyles for articulation 

 with coccyx. 



Western Europe. 



1. Pelodytes punctatus. 



Pelodytes punctatus, Giinth. Cat. p. 36. 

 Rana punctata, Band. Rain. p. 51, pi. 16. f. 11, and Sept. viii. p. 100. 



plicata. Baud. Rain. p. 63, and Rept. p. 102 ; (hov. R. A. 



daudinii. Men: Tent. p. 177. 



Obstetricans pimctatus, Btigbs, I. c. 



Alytes punctatus, Tschudi, I. c. 



Pelodytes punctatus, (Fitz.) Bonap. I. c. ; Bum. Sr Bibr. p. 463 ; Fatio, 



Vert. Suisse, iii. p. 353; Schreib. Herp. Fur.-p.99 ; Be Betta, Faun. 



Ital., Rett. Ahf. p. 08 ; Lataste, Herp. Oir. p. 242 ; Boideng. Bull. 



Sac. Zool. France, 1881, p. 73. 

 daudini, Bosoa, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1880, p. 255. 



Vomerine teeth in two short transverse series on a level with the 

 front edge of the choanse. Snout subaouminate, with moderately 



