534 Annals of the SoutJi African JShtseum. 



3. BEEVICEPS. 

 Merrem, Tent. p. 178: Bouleng. Ccat. p. 176. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Fourth finger nearly as long as or a little shorter than 



second ; tubercles under fingers and toes quite distinct. 



Diameter of eye 10 to 15 times in distance from end of snout to 



vent B. gihhosits. 



Diameter of eye 8 times in distance from end of snout to vent . . B. achpei'siifi. 



II. Fourth finger much shorter than second. 



Diameter of eye 8 to 10 times in distance from end of snout to 



vent ; tubercles under fingers and toes feebly prominent or quite 



distinct B. mossainbicug. 



Diameter of eye 6J to 8 times in distance from end of snout 

 to vent ; tubercles very small under the fingers, wholly absent 

 under the toes B. macrops. 



1. Breviceps gibbosus. 



Bana gibbosa, Linn. S. N. i. p. 355. 



Breviceps gibbosus, Bouleng., op. cit., p. 176. 



Breviceps verrucosus (Eapp), Bouleng., op. c, p. 177. 



Breviceps pentheri, Werner, Zool. Anz. 1899, p. 116. 



South Africa, British Central Africa. 



Cape Colony : Cape Peninsula (Purcell, Sclater, Oakley, Fisk, 

 Spratt) ; Robertson Division (Kelt) ; Swellendam Division 

 (Barry) ; Bathurst Division (Becker) ; Geoi'ge (Wilman) ; Port 

 St. Johns (Shortridge). 



Natal: Durban (Bowker). 



Transvaal : Barberton (Cregoe). 



2. Breviceps adspersus, Peters, Reise Mossamb. iii. p. 177. 

 Cape Colony, Transvaal, German South- West iVfrica. 

 Cape Colony : Port Nolloth (Scully). 



3. Breviceps mossambicus, Peters, Arch. f. Naturg., 1855, p. 58 ; 



Bouleng., op. c, p. 177. 



Natal, Zululand, Transvaal, Portuguese East Africa, Rhodesia, 

 German South- West Africa, Angola, British Central Africa. 



Natal : Durban (Bowker). 



Transvaal : Barberton (Rendall) ; Pietersburg (Daneel) ; Johannes- 

 burg (Fry). 



Southern Rhodesia : Salisbury (ff. Darling) ; Mazoe (ff. Darling), 



Portuguese East Africa : Delagoa Bay (De Coster). 



4. Breviceps macrops, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xx., 1907, 



p. 46, pi. ii. 



