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Show 620 DR. A. GCNTHER ON REPTILES, BATRACHIANS, AND [Nov. 7, AH.ETULLA NEGLECTA (Ptrs.). Specimens were collected at Zomba and Milanji. Two of them showed broad irregular brown cross-bands on the anterior fourth of the trunk. The ovary contained only five eggs, ready for exclusion. Feeds on frogs. NAJA NIGRICOLLIS, Rnhrdt. This species would seem to show an extraordinary range in the number of rows of scales counted somewhat before the middle of the trunk. Peters mentions the number of 27; I myself have counted 25, 23 (twice), 21, 19 ; and now a large specimen obtained by Mr. Crawshay at Lake Mweru, of which he preserved the skin, has only 17 of these rows. It is black above, but shows the black cross-band on the hinder part of the throat. The temporal scute is divided by suture from the adjoining labial, as is characteristic for N. nigricollis and N. tripudians. The posterior pair of inter-mental ia are entirely separated from each other by intervening scales. I propose for this remarkable variety (if it be not regarded as a species) the name of crawshayi. CLOTHO RHINOCEROS, Schleg. Skin of a young River-jack from Lake Mweru, collected by Mr. Crawshay. RANA JOHNSTONI, sp. n. Vomerine teeth in two slightly oblique short series, extending to behind the level of the posterior margin of the choanae. Head rather broad, with the snout obtusely rounded and rather short; canthus rostralis indistinct; interorbital space rather broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum indistinct, one third the size of the eye. Fingers moderate, the first not extending beyond the second; toes moderate, almost entirely webbed; a single very small inner metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches to between the eye and the end of the snout. Skin smooth. Upper parts either uniform blackish, or olive coloured and marbled with black; lower parts dusky, throat marbled with brown. Distance of snout from vent 45 millimetres ; distance of the angles of tbe mouth 16 millimetres; length of hind limb 80 millimetres ; length of foot, including metatarsus, 35 millimetres; length of fourth toe 24 millimetres. Two specimens, obtained at Tshiromo in the month of November. AHTHROLEPTIS MACRO DACTYLA, Blgr. The single specimen is not in a good state of preservation, and its reference to this Gaboon species therefore requires further confirmation. RAPPIA NASTJTA, Gthr. The type came from Angola, but there cannot be any doubt |