12(3 KANIDJE. 



entirely webbed. The hind limb being carried forwards along tbe 

 bod_v, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches in front of the eye. Skin 

 smooth, slightly granular on the belly ; no strong fold across the 

 chest. Upper parts brown, finely white-dotted ; thighs not coloured. 



a, b-c. 2 . Africa. (Types.) 



17. Rappia ? bocagii. 



HyperoHus bocagei, Steind. Novara, Amjih. p. 51, pi. o. f. 11, 



Head much depressed : snout rounded, as long as the orbital 

 diameter ; tympanum hidden. Fingers half webbed ; toes entirely 

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

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Above with 

 a few flat warts ; throat and belly granular. Light brown above, 

 minutely speckled with blackish. 



Angola. 



18. Eappia rutenbergii. 



Hyperolius riitenbergi, Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1881, p. 47, and Ahh. Ver. 

 Brem. vii. p. 189. 



Snout short, subacuminate ; tympanum hidden. Fingers one- 

 fourth, toes half webbed. Skin smooth, granular on the belly. 

 Blackish grey above, with five longitudinal white stripes ; thighs 

 not coloured. 



Madagascar, 



19. Rappia cinctiventris, 



Hyperolius cinctiveniris, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 342 ; 



BoetUj. Ahhandl. Senckenh. Ges. xii. p. 112. 

 ci'tiinus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 31], pi. 27. f. 2; 



Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1866, p. 891. 



granulosus, Peters, I. c. 



Eappia citrina, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 481. 



Hyperolius glaudicolor, Peters, Mm. Berl. Ac. 1878, p. 208, pi. 2. 



f. 9. 



Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter ; tympanum 

 hidden. Fingers webbed at the base ; toes two-thirds webbed. 

 The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches in front of the eye. Fpper parts with small 

 scattered tubercles ; throat tubercular ; belly and under surface of 

 thighs granular ; a more or less distinct fold surrounding the median 

 abdominal region. Uniform yellowish above ; thighs, under sur- 

 face of limbs, and sides of belly brown or blackish. Male with a 

 subgular vocal sac, but no adhesive disk. 

 ' Tropical Africa. 



a.S. Senegal. Mr. mitfield [P.]. ) Types of iJ. «- 



h. (S . Zambesi Expedition. Dr. Livingstone [P.I. f trinus. 

 c. cS ■ King-WUliamstown. H. Tre\elyau, Esq. [P.]. 



