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phryne microtis, Werner,* * * § and M. neuhaussi, Vogt,f must also change their 
generic denomination accordingly, unless these species really belong to the genus 
Gnathophryne, Mehely,$ founded on M. robust a, Boulenger.§ 
3. HYLARANA NEBULOSA, Macleay. 
Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, ii., 1878, p. 137. Type locality: Cape York, North 
Australia. 
Boulenger , Cat. Batr. Brit. Mus., 1882, 2nd ed., p. 64 (= Rana papua , Less.). 
The identity of this form did not escape the acumen of Dr. Boulenger, 
who recognised it as synonymous with Rana papua , Lesson. Nothing remains 
to be said about it, as the type is in bad condition and is obviously the young of 
that species. 
4. LITORIA GUTTATA, Macleay. 
Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, ii., 1878, p. 137. Type locality : Katow, British New 
Guinea. 
Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Brit. Mus., 1882, 2nd ed., p. 337 (footnote). 
The type specimen of this frog is in a bad state, and is obviously very 
young. It differs from the young of Hyla infrafrenata , Gunther (R. dolichopsis 
auct) only in the back being faintly granulated, recalling the condition of H. 
gradient a, Ptrs. From the latter, however, it is separated by the condition of the 
webbing of the fingers, which does not extend to the discs on the second and 
fourth. There are about a dozen small round white spots on the back like those 
which spasmodically occur in R. ccurulca and R . infrafrenata. I have no doubt 
that Macleay ’s specimen is simply an extremely young example of the latter 
species. 
5. LITORIA DORSALIS, Macleay. 
Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, ii., 1878, p. 138. Type locality : Katow, British New 
Guinea. 
Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Brit. Mus., 1882, 2nd ed., p. 337 (footnote). 
The type of this species is apparently not extant. With the Acting 
Curator’s kind permission I was allowed to personally search the Macleay 
Museum, in which are contained the majority of Macleay ’s type specimens, but 
w r as unable to locate it. 
Macleay 7 s description is unintelligible. From the fact that the toes are 
webbed only at the base it is obviously not a Hyla. The “mouth opening 
beneath” and the presence of discs to the fingers suggest that it belongs to some 
* Werner, Zool. anz., xxiv., 1901, p. 102. 
t Vogt, Sitz. Ges. nat. Freunde, 1911, p. 425. 
J Mehely, Termesz. Fuzetek., xxiv., 1901, p. 225. 
§ Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1898, p. 480, pi. xxxviii., fig. 4. 
