. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. and Batrachians from Ecuador. 463 quite free; disks ol" fingers and-toes small ; subarticuiar and inner metatarsal tubercles indistinct: no outer metatarsal. •-„^ P)-oslhcr(tpis lF/ii//Jij>!'ri, lilgr. tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation marks the anterior border of the eye. Skin everywhere perfectly smooth. Blackish ; throat and belly marbled with grey ; lower surface of hind limbs greyish, of arms whitish. An i
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. and Batrachians from Ecuador. 463 quite free; disks ol" fingers and-toes small ; subarticuiar and inner metatarsal tubercles indistinct: no outer metatarsal. •-„^ P)-oslhcr(tpis lF/ii//Jij>!'ri, lilgr. tubercle. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation marks the anterior border of the eye. Skin everywhere perfectly smooth. Blackish ; throat and belly marbled with grey ; lower surface of hind limbs greyish, of arms whitish. An internal subgular vocal sac. From snout to vent 2i millim. Tanti, 2000 feet. A single {^) specimen. This small frog is closely allied to P. ingm'nah's, Co'pe, hitherto the unique species of the interesting genus Prostherapis, Cope. The British Museum having recently received the latter from Ecuador (Sarayacu and Canelos) through Mr. Buckley, I have been able to compare it with this new form; and I have no doubt they are perfectly distinct from each other. In P. inguinalis tiie tympanum is hidden, the first finger is longer than the second, the digital expansions are larger, there is an outer metatarsal tubercle, and the upper lip is margined with white. 29. Dendrohates tinctorius (Schneid.). Two specimens from Tanti. 30. Phryuiscus lan'in, Gthr. Four specimens collected on the road from Latacunga to Machachi (9000-10,000 feet); five young from the Panecillo, Quito (9500 feet); one young from Placienda of Guachala (9200 feet); and an adult from Uiobamba (9000 feet). Of this frog, Mr. A\Miymper says it " is one of the most widely distributed, 1 think t/te most widely distributed, in 32*. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd
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