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Lraltis aurifasciatus of Peters, 1863, proves to be a young Mana macrodon, 
Peters, 1. c. p. 660. 
Ixalus pictus, sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 680, Sarawak. 
Ixahis punctatuSf sp. n., Anderson, J. A. S. B. 1871, p. 27, Nilgherries.— 
Ixalus lateralis, sp. n., Anderson, ihid. p. 29, hab. — ? 
Polypedates. Dr. Anderson (P. Z. S. 1871) describes :~jP. smaragdinus 
(Blyth), p. 208 ; P. marmoratus (Blyth)=P. afghana (Gtlir.), p. 209; P. 
hascheanus (Stoliczka), p. 209; and P. annectens (Jerdon), p. 210. 
Polypedates tuherculatus, sp. n., Anderson, J. A. S. B. 1871, p. 26, Assam. 
Polypedates hiscutiger, sp. n., Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1871, p. 649, Ceylon. — 
Polypedates raniceps, sp. n., Peters, /. c. p. 680, Borneo. 
Polypedates macldoti (Scbleg.), from Java, described by Peters, 1. c. 
p. 660. 
Rhacophorus maculatus, sp. n., Anderson, J. A. S. B. 1871, p. 27, EJiasi 
Hills. 
Rhacophorus maximus is from Kbasia, not Afghanistan. Anderson, 
P. Z. S. 1871, p. 210. 
Ilylodes leptopus obtained at Puerto Bueno, west coast of Patagonia, by 
Cimniiiglinm, Trans. Linn. Soc. xjcvii. p. 468. 
Ilyla. Prof. Cope changes the name of his genus Cinclidimn into Cinclo- 
scopus, P. Am. Phil. Soc. 1870, p. 664. He describes as new species Hypsi- 
hoas hypselops from Pebas, ibid., and M. lanciformis, from the same locality, 
p. 666 ; and makes remarks on II. indris and H. circumdatus, p. 666. 
Hyla. Prof. Peters makes some remarks on II. punctata (Schn.) = H. rho~ 
doporus (Gthr.), II. marmorata (Laur.), II. conirostris (Ptrs.), and II. auran- 
tiaca (Baud.). MB. Ak. Berl. 1871, pp. 403, 404. On Hyla microtis (Ptrs.) = 
II. miotympanum (Cope), ihid. p. 661. 
Hyla gramdata, sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 651, Porto Alegre. 
Hyla agrestis. Coloration during life noticed by Cunningham, Trans. Linn. 
Soc. xxvii. p. 468. 
Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis. Prof. Peters adopts the view that this is 
a species distinct from Ph. bicolor. MB. Ak. Berl. 1871, p. 404. 
• Hylaplesia tinctoria. Dr. Andr4 Posada, Arango, in a pamphlet entitled 
‘ Memoire siir le Poison de Bainette des sauvages dii Choed, prdsentd a la 
Societd allemaude de Paris ’ (Paris, 1869, 8vo, pp. 16, with a plate), de- 
scribes a frog from which the savage tribes of Now Granada extract a 
deadly poison for their arrows. The process of extracting it, and its phy- 
siological effects, are described. The author names this frog Phyllobgtes 
chocoensis ; but it is evidently the well-known Hylaplesia tinctoria. 
BaTRACHIA GRADIENTIA. 
Tylototriion, g. n., Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 423. Head surrounded by a 
prominent osseous ridge, with a short longitudinal ridge along the vertex. 
The bony orbit above the eye similar to that of Cynops &c. Parotoids 
large. Along the body a lateral line of large knob-like tubercles. Tail 
compressed. Fingers four, toes five. Palatine teeth begin on a line with 
the internal nostrils, in two ridges, meeting in front, but widely divergent 
behind. Tongue suborbicular, adherent, and slightly free at the 'edge. — 
