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tympano a cute paulo distincto j lingua subcordiformi, longitudinaliter sul- . 
cata, lateribus margineque tantum postica libera ; palniis semipalm atis, plan- 
taruni palama usque ad basim penultimarum phalangium obducta, cute 
undique Ifevigata, abdomine natibusque infra exceptis ; supra viridi-euphor- 
- biacea, maculis rotundatis magnis aurantiacis ad dorsum guttata, ad rostrum, 
genas, latera et artus pulcheiTime reticulata. Ecuador. 
Nototrema testudmemn, sp. n., Espada, Jorn. Lisb. ix. 1870, p, 62. N. un- 
dique ex griseo-plumbeo cinerascente ,• artubus obsolete zonatis ; capite Isevi- 
gato, depresso, rotundato ; fronte ampla, concava ; cantbo rostrali tereti ; 
tympano ovale, antice parum conspicuo ; apice digitorum omnium valde 
expanso, discoideo ; cute ad dorsum squamis veluti fractis indurata, super 
occipitio arcuatim plicata. Ecuador. 
Calhda pulchra. Notes by Stoliczka, J. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, p. 155. 
Dendrophryniscus, g. n., Espada, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. ix. 1870, p. 65. Type of 
a separate gioup, Dcndrophryniscina. Maxillm edentulse, auris imperfecta [?] ; 
dentes palatini nulli ; parotoides nullae ; processus vertebrce sacralis non dila- 
tati ; pedes palmati. Caput depressum, triangulare, rostro ad instar Atelopus 
prodncto ; auris sub cute latens [P] ; lingua a,ngustata, integra, oblonga, 
dimidio postciioro libera; nares interiores magnoo ; tubao Eustacliii fere in- 
conspicuae ; digiti omnes disco adhercnti munitis, in maniculis liberi, in podiis 
depressi, marginati, palama basilari connati ; discii manuum transversi, pol- 
lice excepto, pedum elongati amplitudine phalanges baud excedentes ; cutis, 
supra tuberculosa, infra papillosa. 
Dendrophryniscus hrcvipollicatuSy sp. n., Espada, 1. c. D. fronte plana ; 
rostro canaliculato ; oculis magnis ; pollice brevissimo, ejus disco adherento 
parvo, rotundo ; tuberculis ad dorsum aspersis, miriutis, ad regiones paroticas, 
superfemorales axillaresque majoribus confertis ; infra undique papillosus. 
Supra ex rubro fuscus, trenia saturatiore nates atque cruras ornante ; subtus 
dilute badius. — Hah. prope Rio de Janeiro, in monte Corcovado. 
Cophomantis^ g. n., Peters, MB. Ak. Berlin, 1870, p. 660, appears to differ 
from Dendrophryniscus in having teeth on the palate. Cophomantis punctil- 
lata, sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 651, taf. 2. fig. 4, Sta. Catharina. 
Batrachia gradientia. 
Strauch, a. Revision cler Salamandriclen-Gattungen nebst 
Besclireibung einiger neuen oder weniger bekannten Arten 
dieser Eamilie. Mem. Ac. Sc. St. Petersb. xvi. no. 4, 
1870, pp. 109, with two plates. 
In this carefully prepared memoir the author reviews critically 
the systematic divisions proposed by Herpetologists. He consi- 
ders those introduced by Merrem and Gray to be the most natural; 
whilst Mr. Copers most recent attempts at classification have led 
to most artificial divisions, or, as in the Salamandridee, have left 
the system as previously established by Gray and Hallowell. He 
admits two families of the Batrachia gradientia, viz. Ichthyoida 
and Salamandrida. Only the latter family is the subject of the 
present memoir. The author divides it into two Tribes, viz. 
Mecodonta ( = Salmandrides, Gray) and Lechriodonta ( = Mol- 
gid(R-\-Blethodontid< 2 , Gray). He admits 19 genera, with 84 
species. The genera are characterized ; but only the minority 
