476 JOHN HEWITT. 



been recorded only from Knysna and the Stellenbosch 

 neighbourhood. 



It may be added that eighteen months ago I ventured to 

 predict that " the genus will be found to occur in the forest 

 region of the whole coastal strip of Cape Province at least."^ 



The Rev. Fr. Boneberg has kindly supplied rae with the 

 following interesting notes on his discovery of these tadpoles, 

 which are characterised by possessing a well-developed oral 

 sucker : 



"Five specimens were taken at an altitude of 1500 feet in a 

 tributary of the Krantz Kloof River on October 22nd, 1912; 

 three of them were without legs, the other two had each four 

 legs. 



" In life they are greyish, becoming darker on the back, 

 where, however, there are some small pale dots; on the sides 

 of the body, and especially of the tail, are some large rust- 

 coloured spots, which in older specimens become almost 

 golden, particularly round the head; the legs are marked 

 with distinct blackish cross-bands. 



" They were found only in one spot, a pool of little depth and 

 small dimensions ; the tributary floAvs through virgin forest 

 along a valley of the Krantz Kloof, and has in its course several 

 falls and cascades, the bed of the stream being largely covered 

 with boulders. The tadpoles were observed hanging on rocks 

 beneath the water, others being at the bottom of the river ; 

 when disturbed they hid under the rocks. 



" One of the four-legged specimens was kept alive in a glass 

 jar ; in about ten days the whole tail was absorbed and the 

 little frog began to take flies. 



"More examples were secured on November 11th, but no 

 adult frogs could be found though they were searched for. 

 The tadpoles were seen hanging on rocks as before, and they 

 appeared to prefer the neighbourhood of running water. The 

 food probably consists chiefly of the lower forms of plant-life 

 found growing on the submerged rocks. Most of the speci- 

 mens taken on this occasion died during the journey to 



' Hewitt, J., 'Annals of the Transvaal Musenm," vol. iii, p. 33, 1911. 



