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Show 444 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON THE [May 8, together. Omosternum and sternum small, cartilaginous. Terminal phalanges simple, obtuse. 26. DILOBATES PLATYCEPHALUS, sp. n. (Plate XXVII. fig. 3.) Vomerine teeth in two small groups on a line with the posterior borders of the choanae. Head very broad, much broader than the body, depressed, with very oblique lores and temples; snout rounded; canthus rostralis distinct; a loreal concavity ; nostril equally distant from the eye and the end of the snout; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid; tympanum almost as large as the eye. Fingers and toes rather short, obtuse; first finger extending beyond second ; subarticular tubercles moderate; a small, oval, inner metatarsal tubercle. Hind limb slender; the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the anterior border of the eye. Skin smooth. Olive above, with small black spots ; a dark cross-band between the eyes, preceded by a yellowish one ; sides of head yellowish, with two dark bars, the first below the nostril, the second below the anterior half of the eye ; fore limb yellowish ; limbs with blackish transverse spots ; lower parts white. From snout to vent 26 millim. A single specimen from the Benito Biver (67. L. Bates). 27. BAPPIA FIMBRIOLATA Bucbh. & Ptrs. Hyperolius fimbriolatus, Buchholz & Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1876, p. 121. Rappia fimbriolata, Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1887-88, p. 96. Hab. Ogowe and Loango. 28. BAPPIA MARMORATA Bapp. Hab. Tropical and South Africa. 29. BAPPIA OCELLATA Gthr. Hab. Fernando Po to Angola. 30. BAPPIA FUSCIGULA Bocage. Hab. Gaboon to Angola. 31. BAPPIA TUBERCULATA Mocq. Rappia tuberculata, Mocquard, Bull. Soc. Philom. (8) ix. 1897, p. 18. Hab. Ogowe. 32. BAPPIA PHANTASTICA Blgr. Rappia phantastica, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) iii. 1899, p. 274, pi. xi. fig. 2. Hab. Benito Biver (67. L. Bates). 33. BAPPIA PLATYCEPS, sp. n. (Plate XXVII. fig. 4.) Head rather large, as long as broad, much depressed ; snout rounded; loreal region oblique; interorbital space broader than |