MEXICAN AMPHIBIANS—TAYLOR AND SMITH 573 
Tequeyutepec, Veracruz, March 23, 1940; and U.S.N.M. Nos. 117411- 
117413, La Esperanza, Chiapas, April 6-30, 1940. 
The series from Veracruz agrees very well with the type description. 
The white stripe on the lip is constant and invariable; many of the 
specimens are blackish or purplish black on the anterior part of the 
body; others are lavender to brown with the anterior part of head and 
body darker. There is a small indistinct inguinolumbar gland and a 
small postaxillary gland. | 
Specimens examined from Cuautlapan have the skin somewhat 
rougher than those from Tequeyutepec, but we suspect the method of 
preservation is largely responsible for the difference.’ 
ELEUTHERODACTYLUS VENUSTUS (Giinther) 
Ficure 61, C, D 
Hylodes venustus GUNTHER, Biologia Centrali-Americana, Rept. Batr., August 
1900, p. 234, pl. 68, fig. c (Jalapa, Veracruz). 
Eleutherodactylus venustus Knuuoae, U. 8. Nat. Mus. Bull. 160, 1932, pp. 96-97, 
117-118. 
This variable species is represented by 42 specimens, 37 of which 
have been cataloged: VErracruz: Tequeyutepec, U.S.N.M. Nos. 
116780-116800, 116802, March 23, 1940. Cutapas: U.S.N.M. Nos. 
116803-116813, La Esperanza, April 5 to May 15, 1940; U.S.N.M. 
Nos. 116815-116816, Salto de Agua, Mount Ovando, April 18, 1940; 
and U.S.N.M. No. 116814, Colonia Soconusco, May 10, 1940. 
Specimens from Tequeyutepec are of several varieties. U.S.N.M. 
Nos. 116780-116785 are typical, that is, resemble Giinther’s figure 
(loc. cit.) of the type. They have the broad purplish stripe on the 
dorsum, flanked by lighter color. U.S.N.M. No. 116799 agrees with 
these save that there is a broad, light, labial stripe (such as occurs in 
Hleutherodactylus beatae). U.S.N.M. Nos. 116786-116800, 116802 
lack the median broad band, but the dorsal ridges usually have 
narrow darker lines. There is usually a pair of cranial ridges begin- 
ning on the occiput and terminating at the tip of the snout. These 
are frequently indicated also in the typical EL. venustus. 
While only one of these specimens has a labial stripe, several speci- 
mens examined in the E.H.T.-H.M:S. collection show such markings. 
The median pair of dorsal ridges begin on the top of the eyelid 
and run back diagonally to the shoulder, then continue a greater or 
lesser distance on the back, separated by a narrow space. When the 
stripe is present it usually is a little wider than the area enclosed by 
the ridges. There is usually a more or less distinct ridge along the 
side, from behind the supratympanic ridge, and a more or less dis- 
tinct dorsolateral ridge beginning on the shoulder. Rarely a pair 
of head ridges is indicated. 
3 Specimens preserved in weak solutions often absorb the liquid until the skin is somewhat distended, in 
which case the ridges and pustules on the back may be somewhat obscured. 
