II. Australian genera. The terminal phalanges are simple and not dilated. The omosternum and metasternum are cartilaginous, the latter forming a plate, semi-ossified only in Heleioporus.

A. Pupil contracted into a horizontal slit.

a. Omosternum rudimentary. Vomerine teeth present.

α. Tympanum distinct .......... Phanerotis fletcheri.

β. Tympanum hidden .......... Cryptotis brevis.

b. Omosternum present. Vomerine teeth vestigial. .......... Crinia, 4 species.

c. First finger opposed to the others .......... Chiroleptes, p. [221].

B. Pupil contracted into a vertical slit.

a. Omosternum rudimentary. Vomerine teeth absent. .......... Hyperolia marmorata.

b. Omosternum fully developed. Vomerine teeth present.