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Show 1870.] DR. A. GUNTHER ON BATRACHIANS. 401 Fam. ANATID£*. 40. SARCIDIORNIS AFRICANA. Sarkidiornis africana (Eyton); Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 81 (1861); Grand. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1867, p. 5. Anas melanotus, Schl. & Poll. Faun. Madag. Ois. p. 142 (1868). One fine male specimen. 2. Second, account of Species of Tailless Batrachians added to the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. A. G U N T H E R , F.R.S., F.Z.S. (Plate XXX.) In the 'Proceedings' of this Society, 1868, p. 478, I commenced to enumerate the species of Tailless Batrachians added to the collection of the British Museum since the publication of the ' Catalogue of Batrachia Salientia.' I am now able to add only six to the number then given. The total number of species amounts now to 319*, and that of typical specimens to 127. The species added to the collection are the following :- CLINOTARSUS ROBUSTUS (Mivart). ? St. G. Mivart, Esq. CERATOPHRYS MEGASTOMA (Spix)t. Surinam. Hr. Kappler. CYSTIGNATHUS TiENiATUS (Girard). Chiloe. Dr. Cunningham. NANNOPHRYNE VARIEGATA (g. et sp. n.). Coasts of Magellan Straits. Dr. Cunningham. BUFO H^EMATITICUS (Cope). Costa Rica. Mr. Higgins. HYLA CORIACEA (Peters). Surinam. Hr. Kappler. TOMOPTERNA NATALENSIS (Smith). We have lately received this species from Madagascar. On comparing the example with Prof. Cope's description of T. labrosa(1868) from the same island ; I am inclined to think that they are identical, or, in other words, that T. labrosa=T. natalensis. NANNOPHRYNE (g. n. BRACHYCEPHALIN.). In habit similar to a young Toad. Teeth none. Tongue elliptic, entire behind. No tympanum or cavum tympani. Apophysis of the sacral vertebra dilated. A pair of parotoids on each side, besides * According to a statement of Prof. Peters (Monatsb. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 18G9, April), the Berlin Museum* is richer than the British Museum with regard to the number of species, as it contained 325 species in the year 1869. t This species has a slight transverse crest between the eyes. |