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Show 212 ON BATRACHIANS FROM THE SOLOMON ISLANDS. [Apr. 1, large, as large as the tympanum; toes one third webbed, the tips dilated into large disks, which are, however, not quite so large as those of the fingers; two rather indistinct metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the anterior corner of the eye. Skin smooth, granular on the belly and under the thighs; a fold from the eye to the shoulder. Light brown or pinkish above, spotted or dotted with brown ; legs cross-barred ; lower surfaces whitish. From snout to vent 68 millim. Treasury Island. CORNUFER SOLOMONIS, Sp. n. Vomerine teeth in two transverse or slightly oblique, slightly arched series behind the choanse. Head very large ; snout rounded, as long as, or slightly longer than, the orbital diameter; eyes extremely large; interorbital space narrower than the upper eyelid; tympanum round, nearly half the diameter of the orbit. Fingers moderate, first extending beyond second; toes moderate, with a slight rudiment of web ; tips of fingers and toes swollen rather than dilated; subarticular tubercles very strong; two metatarsal tubercles. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. Upper surfaces slightly granulated, with short longitudinal folds; a strong fold from the eye to the shoulder. Grey-brown above, with more or less distinct darker markings; loreal and temporal regions dark brown; lips with more or less marked dark vertical bars; tympanum chestnut-brown. From snout to vent 75 millim. Shortland, Treasury, and Faro Islands. CERATOBATRACHUS, g. n. The type of a new family, Ceratobatrachid.ee, occupying in the series Firmisternia the place which the Hemiphractidce occupy in the Arcifera, and characterized by the presence of teeth in both upper and lower jaw, and by the diapophyses of the sacral vertebra not being dilated. Pupil horizontal. Tongue deeply notched and cordiform, extensively free behind. Vomerine teeth. Head large, strongly ossified. Tympanum distinct. Fingers and toes free, with non-dilated tips. Outer metatarsals united. Precoracoids present; omosternum and sternum with a bony style. Terminal phalanges simple. CERATOBATRACHUS GUENTHERI, sp. n. Vomerine teeth in two small groups behind the level of the choanse ; latter large, eustachian tubes larger still. Head triangular, not much smaller than the body; mouth enormous; interorbital space broad, concave; tympanum large, vertically elliptic; skull with prominent ridges and a small curved spine at the angle of the jaws. Hind limb rather short. Digits swollen at the tips, with strong subarticular tubercles. Upper surfaces with linear ridges |