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Pachyhatrachu'i, ii. Bufonin., Ivoferatein, Nacliriclit. Ges. Wiss. Gotting. 
1808, p. 320; or Wiegm. Arch. 1808, p. 273. Head small; body short and 
thick ; tympanum covered by the skin, but visible. A prominence at the 
posterior angle of the choano3, which are much larger than the openings of 
the eustachiart tubes* Two largo spur-like tubercles on the inetatarsusj 
Clavicle and manubrium sterni absent. Toes with a rudimentary web.— P. 
pctersii, sp. n., Keferstein, from New South Wales, t. c, 2”, taf. 6. figs. 8-10/ 
[This frog appears to be closely allied to Cacojnis.'] 
Ihjpopachus seehachii figured by Keferstein, Wiegm. Arch. 1808, taf. 9. 
figs. 1 & 2. 
liufo hccmatiticm figured by Keferstein, Wiegm. Archiv, 1808, taf. 9. fig. 7/ 
Bufo glahcrrimus, sp. n., Giinther, 1. c. p. 483, pi. 37. fig. 2, Bogota. — Bufo 
andia7ius, sp. n., Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1808, p. 115, New Graiiada* 
' — Bufo argillaceusj sp. n.. Cope, ibid. p. 138, Western Mexico. 
Hyltna. 
Jlylorana erythrcca. Specimens from Cape York have been described a^ 
llylorana deemdi, sp. n., by Dr. Stcindachner, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 
1808, Ivii. p. 532. c. tab. [The British Museum possesses a series of exam- 
ples from the same collector ; the largest are about thrice the size of those 
in the Vienna collection. Dr. Steindachner was evidently not aware that the 
lower glandular fold is often reduced to some supraaxillary glands in Indian 
specimens, as is precisely the case with those Cape-York examples.] 
llylorana leptoglossa and Jlylorana suhccertdea [probably = H. inacularta, 
Blyth] are described as new species from Burmah by Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. 
Sc. Philad. 1808, pp. 139, 140. 
Mcgalixalm^ g. n. Polypedat., Giinther, 1. c. p. 485. Vomerine teeth none. 
Fingers and toes webbed ; none of the fingers opposed to the others. Tym- 
panum small ; eustnehian tubes and inner nostrils of moderate width j tongue 
free and deeply notched behind. Pupil of the eye vertical. Apophyses of 
the sacral vertebra styliform. Three phalanges of the fifth toe free froin the 
fourth. — Megalixalus infrarufus, sp. n., hab. — ? 
Ixalus. Dr. Giinther (/. c. p. 484) describes three new species, viz. I. ma- 
cropus (pi. 39. fig. 4) and /. nasutus from Ceylon, and I. opisthorhodus (pi. 37, 
fig. 3) from the Nilgherries. 
Pohjpedates. Dr. GUnther (/. c.) describes four new species, viz. P. nanuSf 
p. 485, pi. 39. fig. 3, P. nasutus, p. 480, pi. 39. fig. 2, and P. cavirostrts, p. 480, 
pi. 39. fig. 1, from Southern Ceylon ; and P. rufescens, p. 480, from West 
Africa. 
Leiyla, g. n. Polypedatid., Keferstein, Nachricht. Ges. Wiss. Getting. 1808, 
p. 330. Tympanum very distinct ; vomerine teeth ; tongue emarginate ; 
fingers free, toes shortly webbed ; disks small. Lower parts quite smooth. 
— L, giinthcrii, n., Keferstein, 1. c., from Costa Rica, Figured in Wiegm. 
Arch.* 1808, p. 290, taf. 9. figs. 4, 6. 
Jlappia lagoensis, Sp. n., Giinther, /. c. p. 487, pi. 40. fig. 2, Lagos. 
JJylamhtitcs viridis, sp. n., Gunther, /. c. p. 487, West Africa. — Jlylamhatcs 
palmatus, sp. n., Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1808, p. 453, fig. 2, 
from Ilha de Principe, West Africa. 
Ilylodes sailed, sp. n., Giinther, 1. c. p. 487, pi. 38. fig. 3, Central America. 
Remiplir actus divaricatus, sp. n.. Cope, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil. 1808, p. 114, 
Upper Amazons. 
1868. [voL. V.] 
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