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Show 644 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON ADDITIONS TO THE [Nov. 6, Fingers moderate, first not extending beyond second ; toes mode-rote, two-thirds webbed ; subarticular tubercles feeble; a small, elliptic metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between the eye and the nostril. Back with narrow, interrupted folds. Olive above, with black spots and a yellow vertebral stripe; a blackish canthal streak and a brown temporal spot; limbs with blackish cross4)ars ; lower parts white. From snout to vent 48 millim. A single female specimen from near Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Presented by Mr. F. J. Queckett. PHRYNOBATRACHUS RANOIDES. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 2.) Tongue with a free conical papilla in the middle. Habit slender. Head as long as broad; snout obtuse, as long as diameter of orbit, with indistinct canthus ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, two thirds the diameter of the eye. First finger as long as second; toes two-thirds webbed; tips of fingers and toes not dilated; two small metatarsal tubercles ; a small tubercle on the inner side of the tarsus and another higher up below the heel. The tarso-m eta tarsal articulation reaches far beyond the tip of tbe snout, tbe tibio-tarsal articulation between the eye and the tip of the snout. Above with small smooth warts, larger on the sides; no folds. Olive-grey above ; a darker crossbar between the eyes; limbs with faint darker cross-bars; lips with dark spots ; lower parts white. From snout to vent 22 millim. A single female specimen from near Pietermaritzburg, Natal. Presented by M r . F. J. Queckett. CASSINA OBSCURA. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 3.) Vomerine teeth in two small, oblique, rather indistinct groups between the choanal. Head once and two fifths as broad as long ; snout rounded, without canthus, hardly as long as the diameter of the orbit; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum hidden. Fingers moderate, first shorter than second ; toes moderate, one-third webbed ; a very indistinct metatarsal tubercle. The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the posterior border of the orbit. Above with flat smooth warts, beneath with large granules. Dark olive above, sides lighter, with numerous roundish chestnut-brown spots; a white (red ?) inguinal spot; greyish brown beneath, with small dark brown spots. Male with a large, black, external vocal sac on each side of a subcircular gular disk. From snout to vent 39 millim. A single male specimen from Let Merafia, Shoa, received from the Marquis Doria. HYLAMBATES MILLSONII. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 4.) Vomerine teeth in two small groups between the choanal. Head a little broader than long; snout as long as the diameter of |
