32 Rept. 
IV. REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
Engystomatidje. 
L. v. Mehely, Termes. Fuzetek xxiv, pp. 216-271, pis. iv-xi, deals with 
the osteology and mode of development of the Papuan frogs of this 
family, some of which leave the egg in the perfect condition. The 
family is divided into two groups : Symphygnathince, with the maxil- 
laries meeting on the median line, and Eleutherognathince , in which 
they are separated by the prsemaxillaries. 
Atelopus longirostris , Cope, var. n. marmorata, Werner, Verh. Ges. Wien 
li, p. 600, Ecuador. 
Oreophryne , Bttgr. Remarks on this genus, which embraces 0. sencken- 
bergiana , Bttgr., and Sphenophryne celebensis , F. Miill., Mehely, L c. 
p. 254 ; 0. senckenbergiana , Bttgr., described and figured by Boettger, 
t. c. p. 371, pi. xvi, fig. 11. 
Phrynixalus, Bttgr. Remarks by Mehely, 1. c. p. 245; P. montanus, 
Bttgr., described and figured by Boettger, Abh. Senckenb. Ges. xsv, 
p. 368, pi. xvi, fig. 9 ; P. biroi , sp. n., Mehely, Yerh. Ges. Wien li, 
p. 247, pi. xii, fig. 2, New Guinea. 
Copiula , g. n., for Phrynixalus oxyrhinus , Blgr., Mehely, t. c. p. 242. 
Metopostira , g. n., allied to the preceding, Mehely, 1. c. p. 238; J I. ocellata , 
sp. n., id. ibid. p. 239, pi. xii, fig. 1, New Guinea. 
Mantophryne , Blgr. Synopsis of the species by Werner, Zool. Anz. xxiv, 
p. 102 ; M. microtis , sp. n., id. ibid., German New Guinea. 
Gnathophryne , g. n. for Mantophryne robusta , Blgr., Mehely, 1. c. p. 225 ; 
G. boettgeri , sp. n., id. ibid. p. 229, Halnmheira. 
Microhyla picta , sp. n., Schenkel, Yerh. Ges. Basel xiii, p. 151, fig., 
Cochinchina ?; M. okinavensis, sp. n., Stejneger, P. Soc. Washington 
xiv, p. 189, Okinawa Shima, Loo Choo Ids. 
Phrynomantis bifasciatus , Smith, figured by Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Congo, 
Zool. (1) ii, pi. ii, fig. 6 ; P. affinis, sp. n., id. ibid. p. 6, pi. ii, fig. 5, 
L. Mweru. 
Xenorhina dubia , Bttgr., described and figured by Boettger, t. c. p. 369, 
pi. xvi, fig. 10. 
Choanacantha mehely i, Blgr. = C. rostrata , Meh., and is referred to Xeno¬ 
rhina , Ptrs., Mehely, 1. c. p. 233. 
Chaperina fusca , Mocq., redescribed and figured by Meheli, 1. c. p. 257, 
pi. xii, fig. 3 ; C. polysticta , sp. n., id. ibid. p. 258, pi. xii, fig. 4, New 
Guinea. 
Dyscophule. 
Dyscophus alluaudi, sp. n., Mocquard, Bull. Mus. Paris 1901, p. 254, 
Madagascar. 
Platyhyla verrucosa , sp. n., Mocquard, t. c. p. 254, Madagascar. 
Cystignathida:. 
Telmatobius verrucosus , sp. n., Werner, Zool. Anz. xxiv, pp. 97 & 297, 
Bolivian Chaco. [Already described in Zool. Anz. 1899, p. 482.] 
Hylodes lentus , Cope, figured by Meerwarth, Mt. Mus. Hamburg xviii, 2, 
pi. i, fig. 12, pi. ii, figg. 1-3 ; H. monensis , sp. n., id. ibid. p. 39, pi. ii, 
figg. 4 & 5, Mona; H. nubilus , sp. n., Gunther, Biol. Centr.-Amer., 
Batr. p. 237, pi. lxix, fig. a, Costa Rica. 
Philoria , g. n., near Limnodynastes, for P. frosti , sp. n., Spencer, P. Soc. 
Victoria (2) xiii, p. 176, Victoria. 
