44 BATRACHIA. 



the male by a membranous fold. The articulations, beneath, are 

 provided with tubercles. The sole of the feet is smooth. There are 

 two metatarsal tubercles ; the outer one very small and inconspicuous. 

 The skin is perfectly smooth all over. The ground color is fuliginous 

 with rather large brownish maculae, one of which spreading over the 

 occipital region and portion of the head and eyelid. The others are 

 arranged upon irregular series along the back. The legs are barred. 

 A brown streak runs from the margin of the upper jaw, along the line 

 of the canthus rostralis to the eye. The sides of the abdomen and 

 inferior region being unicolor, of a somewhat duller hue. 



Collected in Southeastern Australia. 



Plate III, fig. 29, represents Wagleria peroni, size of life. 

 Fig. 30, side view of the head. 

 Fig. 31, upper view of the head. 

 Fig. 32, under surface of right hand. 

 Fig. 33, under surface of left foot. 



Genus RANIDELLA, Girard. 



Car. gen. — Deniihus vomerinis nullis. Lingua elongata, suhelliptica^ 

 postice integra vel leviter emarginaia, 'per teriiam longitudinis partem 

 libera. Tympano iriconspicuo. Tuhulis Eustachianis parvulissimis. 

 Plantar um digitis siwcylindricalibus, minuentibus, liberis. 



Gen. Char. — Vomerine teeth none. Tongue elongated, subelliptical, 

 posteriorly entire or else slightly emarginated, free upon one-third 

 of its length. Tympanum not visible. Eustachian tubes minute. 

 Toes subcylindrical, tapering, perfectly free. 



SYN.—RanideUa, Grd. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. VI, 1853, 421. 



Observ. — This genus is allied to Oxyglossus and Leiuperus by the 

 absence of teeth on the palate ; differing, however, from both of them 

 in having its tympanum entirely hidden, and its toes perfectly free. 



Ranidella signifera, Grd. 



(Plate III, figs. 39-43.) 



Car. spec. — Cute supra suUuherculosa, infra glandulosa. Macula Tiasii- 



