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Show 1868.] DR. A. G U N T H E R O N N E W B A T R A C H I A N S . 483 Snout rather short, scarcely longer than the diameter of the eye; canthus rostralis rather obtuse, with the loreal region sloping. The slight vomerine prominences form two short transverse prominences between the choanae, which are very small. Skin nearly smooth or with very small flat smooth tubercles. The length of the body equals the distance between the vent and the metatarsal tubercles. Subarticular tubercles on the fingers and toes well developed ; metatarsus with two tubercles. Length of the fourth toe two-fifths of that of the body; third and fifth toes equal in length. Greenish olive above, marbled with brownish and sometimes with minute pink dots; an obsolete dark band across the forehead from one eye to the other, a black band along the canthus rostralis and from the eye to the arm-pit. Limbs with black cross bands. Throat and abdomen whitish, marbled with blackish. I have examined two specimens purchased of M r . Stevens, who states that they came from Chile. They are 33 millims. long, the hind limb being 48, and the fourth toe 14 millims. long. GLYPHOGLOSSUS, g. n. RHINODERMAT. This genus is closely allied to Cacopus, which it also greatly resembles in general appearance, differing, however, in the shape of the tongue and in the structure of the vomer. Head very short, crown convex ; mouth transverse, very narrow ; limbs short; eye small. The space between and behind the inner nostrils is even, without papillse ; one papilla in the median line of the hinder part of the palate. Tongue long, free, and notched behind and in front, divided into two lateral halves by a deep groove. Tympanum hidden; openings of the eustachian tubes small. Toes broadly webbed; metatarsus with a large, compressed, cutting, shovel-like prominence. GLYPHOGLOSSUS MOLOSSUS. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 1.) Snout very short, without canthus rostralis. The fleshy part of the lower jaw is swollen, truncated in front, forming a semicircular disk. The whole snout is covered by a leathery finely granular skin. Body short and thick ; limbs very short; skin in the loins broad and loose. Pupil of the eye vertical. Skin smooth. There is another, very small tubercle behind the large one on the metatarsus. The web between the toes extends to their extremities. Uniform brownish olive above, sides and limbs finely marbled with brown, lower parts whitish. A single specimen, 50 millims. long, has been obtained by Mr. Theobald in Pegu. BUFO GLABERRIMUS. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 2.) Body perfectly smooth, with very few slight tubercles on the side. Crown of the head flat, without ridges. Parotoid very distinct, ovate, its length being equal to its distance from that on the other side. Snout angular, the canthus rostralis being distinct. The |