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thighs posteriorly are bhiish-purple, minutely dotted with white. 

 Underneath, the color is uniform yellowish-green. 



A young specimen exhibits a much deeper green hue upon the 

 upper region, while the sides of the legs are of a deeper yellow, almost 

 orange. In the same individual, the palatine teeth constitute but two 

 very indistinct groups, apparently more distant from each other, than 

 in the one just described; but this may be accounted for by the 

 smaller size of the inner nostrils, which are elliptical instead of being 

 triangular. 



Specimens were found about fresh- water streams, near Woolongong, 

 Illawara, New South Wales, at the residence of the Attorney-General, 

 in January, 1840. 



Genus HYLARANA, Tsch. 



Gen. Char. — Vomerine teeth disposed upon two groups, situated 

 between or behind the inner nostrils. Tongue elongated, narrow 

 anteriorly, broad, and forked posteriorly. Tympanum distinct. 

 Eustachian tubes moderate. Fingers free. Toes webbed. Sub- 

 digital disks moderate. 



Syn.— Z(y?arana, TscH. Mem. Soc. Sci. nat. Neuch. II, 1838, 78.— Grd. iu Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. VI, 1853, 423. 



Limnodytes, DuM..& Bibr. Erp. gen. VIII, 1841, 510. 

 Ranhyla, DuM. & Bibr. Erp. gen. VIII, 1841, 511. 



Orserv.— This genus combines the structure of both Bona and 

 Eyla, having all the characters of true Rana with the exception that 

 the extremities of the fingers and toes are dilated into a disk, which 

 is much less developed, however, than in Hyla. 



Htlarana mindanensis, Grd. 



Car. spec. — Deyites vomerini inter et poet nares inieriores in duos acervos 

 elongates collocantur. Gate pitstulosa. Colore fusco-viridescente; 

 maxilla superiori maculata. 



