4. bttfo. 299 



P>ana mosaica, Seetzen, Seise Syr. Palast. §c. iii. p. 492. 

 Bulb spinosus, Boeage, Proc. Zool. Sue. 1868, p. 845. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, rather blunt ; interorbital 

 space flat or slightly concave, as broad as or a little narrower than 

 the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, vertically oval, as large 

 as the eye, or nearly so. First finger much longer than second ; toes 

 one-third webbed, with simple subarticular tubercles ; two moderate 

 metatarsal tubercles ; a tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches 

 the tympanum or the anterior corner of the eye. Upper parts with 

 irregular, depressed, often spine-bearing warts ; parotoids elliptic, 

 more or less elongate. Above uniform or variously spotted ; some- 

 times a light vertebral line : beneath immaculate or with large 

 burnt-like spots. Hale with a subgular vocal sac. 



Africa; Arabia. 



Vw:. A. — Smaller, from snout to vent 55 millim. ; tympanum 

 quite close to the eye ; fingers slender. 

 W. Africa. 



8, e. d 2 ■ Coast of Guinea. 



C 2- Coast of Guinea. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



»/■ Hgr. Sierra Leone. 



Var. R — Larger, from snout to vent 136 millim. ; interorbital 

 space rather concave; spots generally large, well defined. 

 S. Africa. 



6, i. 2 & yg. S. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



k. 2 • Cape of Oood Hope. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



A-/i. 2- Port Elizabeth. 



v. 2 • Port Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 



28. Eufo hongnnlrmrit- (Plats XIX. fig. 3.) 

 Bufo guineensis. part., Gi'inth. Cat. p. 59. 



Very closely allied Id B. regularis, from which it differs in the 

 following points : — Tympanum not two thirds the width of the eye. 



