538 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Cape Colony: Cape Division (E. Trimen) ; Eobertson (Keit) ; 

 Worcester (Purcell) ; Clanwilliam (Leipoldt) ; Prince Albert 

 (Purcell) ; Burghersdorp (Kannemeyer) ; Calvinia (Leipoldt) ; 

 Bedford (Sclater) ; Port St. Johns (Shortridge). 



DESCEIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 

 Phrynobatrachus capensis. 



Tongue without median papilla. Head as long as broad ; snout 

 rounded, hardly as long as the orbit ; no canthus rostralis ; inter- 

 orbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum hidden. 

 Fingers and toes obtuse, the tips not dilated; first linger slightly 

 shorter than second ; toes one-third webbed, the web deeply notched 

 but continued as a fringe to the last or penultimate phalanx ; sub- 

 articular tubercles small, feebly prominent ; a very small inner 

 metatarsal tubercle ; no tarsal tubercle. Tarso-metatarsal articula- 

 tion reaching the eye ; tibia a little shorter than the foot, neai'ly 

 •| length of head and body. Skin smooth. Dark brown above, 

 speckled with darker ; a light band along each side ; a dark bar 

 between the eyes, divided by a narrow light vertebral line ; lower 

 parts brown, belly spotted with white. 



From snout to vent 15 mm. 



A single specimen from the Cape Flats (Coll. Dr. Purcell). 



Arthroleptis lightfooti. 



Tongue without median papilla. Head as long as broad ; snout 

 rounded, as long as the orbit ; canthus rostralis feeble ; interorbital 

 space broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, barely half 

 the diameter of the eye. Fingers and toes with swollen tips ; first 

 finger shorter than second ; toes with an almost imperceptible 

 rudiment of web ; subarticular tubercles small, feebly prominent ; 

 a very small inner metatarsal tubercle ; no tarsal tubercle. Tarso- 

 metatarsal articulation reaching the eye ; tibia slightly shorter 

 than the foot, | length of head and body. Greyish brown above, 

 snout and flanks lighter ; a blackish brown streak from the nostril to 

 above the root of the arm, passing through the eye and broader on 

 the temple ; dark brown spots on the upper lip ; lower parts white, 

 sides of belly and hind limbs marbled with dark brown. 



From snout to vent 16 mm. 



A single specimen from Newlands, near Cape Town (Coll. 

 Lightfoot). 



