448 DISCOGIOSSID^. 



1. Liopelma hochstetteri. 



Liopelma hochstetteri, {Fitz.) Steindachn. I. c. pi. 6, and Novara, 

 Amph. p. 33. 



Vomerine teeth, behind the level of the choanse, in two short 

 series, slightly oblique towards front. Habit of Alytes ohstetrioans. 

 Head large, not one third total length ; snout rounded ; canthus 

 rostralis distinct, very short ; interorbital space a little broader than 

 the upper eyelid. Fingers short, blunt, first shorter than second ; 

 toes short, blunt, about half webbed ; two flat metacarpal tubercles ; 

 a small, flat, inner metatarsal tubercle ; subarticular tubercles of 

 fingers and toes indistinct. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal. articulation marks the eye. Upper 

 surfaces with small smooth tubercles ; lower surfaces smooth. 

 Brown ; limbs and lower surfaces lighter ; head and back indis- 

 tinctly spotted with blackish ; Hmbs regularly cross-barred with 

 blackish. Male without vocal sac. 



New Zealand. 



a. S . New Zealand. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



4. ALYTES. 



Bombiuator, sp., Merr. Tent. p. 179. 



Alytes, Wayl. Syst. Amjih. p. 206 ; Tschudi, Batr. p. 84 ; Dum. ^ 

 Bihr. viii. p. 465 ; Ounth. Cat. p. 38 ; Cope, Nat. Hist. Rev. 1865, 

 p. 105, andJmirn. Ac. Philad. (2) vi. 1866, p. 76. 



Ostetricans, sp., Dugis, Seek. OstSol. Batr. 



Ammoryctis, Lataste, C. R. Ac. Paris, 1879, p. 983. 



Pupil elliptical, erect. Tongue circular, entire, scarcely free 

 behind. Vomerine teeth. Tympanum distinct. Fingers free, toes 

 webbed at the base, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsal separated 

 by web. No omosternum ; sternum two slender diverging carti- 

 laginous styles. Diapophyses of sacral vertebra moderately dilated. 

 Terminal phalanges simple. 



Europe. 



1. Alytes obstetricans. 



Alytes obstetricans, Oilnth. Cat.;a. 38. 



Bufo obstetricans, Lam: Syn. Rept. pp. 28 & K8; Brongn. BuU Soc 



Phlom. an. vm. p. 91, pi 6. f. 4; Latr. Sal. p. 40, a,id Rept. ii! 



p. 112 ; Daud. Rain. p. 87, pi. 32. f. 1, and Rept. viii. p. 176f Cwr 



R. A. r > ■ 



Eana campanisona. Lam: I. u. pp. 30 & 133. 



obstetricans. Wolf, Sturm^s Dmtschl. Faun. iii. Heft 4 



Bombinator obstetricans, Merr. Tent. p. 179 ; Gravenh. Belie, p 68 

 Alytes obstetricans, Wagl. I, c, and Icon. Amph. t. 22. f. 3-5 : Schinz 

 Faun. Helvet. p. 145; Tschudi, Isis, 1837, p. 702, and Batr. p 84-' 

 Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; Dum. Sf Bibr. viii, p. 467 ; Fatio, Vert. Suisse' 



