62 EANID^. 



67. Eana longirostris. 

 Eana longirostris, Peters, 3Ion. Beii. Ac. 1870, p. G4G, pi. 1. f. -5. 



Very closely allied to Rana oxi/rJnfncJms. Vomerine series con- 

 vergent backwards ; fourth toe not very mucli longer than third and 

 fifth ; web not emarginate ; metatarsus with two tubercles, the outer 

 one not very prominent ; slits for the vocal vesicles much longer ; 

 sides of the head black. 



Keta, Guinea. 



68. Rana trinodis. 

 Eana trinodis, Boeftger, Alhancll. Senck. Ges. xii. p. 114, pi. 1. f. 2. 



Vomerine teeth in two slightly oblique scries commencing from 

 the inner front edge of the choana;. Head moderate ; snout long, 

 pointed, with rather indistinct canthus rostralis ; interorbital space 

 narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, two thirds 

 the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, first not extending beyond 

 second ; toes moderate, nearly entirely webbed ; subarticular tubercles 

 small; two oval metatarsal tubercles, the inner compressed, promi- 

 nent, the outer flat ; another flat tubercle below the tibio-tarsal arti- 

 culation. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the 

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches between the eye and the tip of the 

 snout. Skin with rather indistinct longitudinal folds. Olive above, 

 spotted with blackish ; a light vertebral line ; hinder side of thighs 

 with a light, black-edged stripe ; limbs cross-barred. i^Male Avith©**^ 

 external vocal sacSj^ 



Senegambia. 



a-b. 5 & yg. Senegambia. M. G. A. Boulenger [P.]. 



69. Rana mascareniensis. 



Eana superciliaris, Giinth. Cat. pp. 17 & 1-32, pi. i. f. B. 

 Eana bibronii, Giinth. I. c. p. 18. 

 Eana mascareniensis, Giinth. I. c. p. 18. 

 Eana esculenta, Aud. Descr. Egypte, RejJt., Sitj)])!. i. p. 161, pi. 2. 



f. 11-12. 

 mascareniensis, Bum. ^ Bibr. p. 3.50 ; Bell, Zool. BeagJe, Sept. 



p. 32, pi. 16. f. 2; Lataste, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1879, p. 89; 



Bouleng. eod. loc. p. 92. 

 bibronii. Hallow. Proc. Ac. Pkilad. 1845, p. 249 ; Peters, Man. 



Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 78. 



mossambica, Peters, Arch. f. Naturg. 1854, p. 626. 



nilotica, Seetzen, Reise Syr. Pal. Eg. iii. p. 490. 



• savignyi, Jan, Cenni Mus. Civ. Milano, p. 52. 



idse, Steind. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. IVien, 1364, p. 20G, pi. 12. 



f. 1. 



nigrescens, Steindachn. I. c. f. 2. 



ancMeta3, Bocage, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1867, p. 843. 



