130 EANID^. 



5. Megalixalus fornasinii. 



Hypei'olius fornasinii, Giinth. Cat. p. 89. 

 Eucnemis fornasinii, Bianc. Spec. Zool. Mos,samb., Rept. t. 5. f. 1, 

 Hyperolius bivittatus, Peters, Arch.f. Naturg. 1855, p. 56. 

 Rappia fornasinii, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soo. 18G8, p. 479. 

 Hyperolius dorsalis, {Schleg.) Peters, Mon. Bed. Ac. 1875, p. 206, 

 pi. 1. f. 2. 



Tongue heart-shaped. Snout rounded, as long as the orbital 

 diameter ; tympanum hidden. Fingers one-third webbed, toes 

 nearly entii-ely webbed. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. Sliin 

 with very small scattered tubercles above, granular on the bcUy and 

 under the thighs. Brown above ; two white bands along the back, 

 confluent on the snout ; thighs not coloured. 



Tropical Africa. 



a-h. Hgr. Mozambique. Prof. Peters [P.]. 



c-d. 2 . Shire Valley, Zambesi. 



e-h. 2 . Zambesi Expedition. Dr. Livingstone [P.]. 



i,k. $. Zanzibar. Sir J. Kirk [0.]. 



Z. Hgr. Quellimane. Su- J. Kirk [C.]. 



m. 2 . Lake Nyassa. 



6. Megalixalus? spinifrons. 



Hyperolius spinifrons, Cope, Proc. Ac, Phikid. 1803, p. 342. 



Tongue elliptic, deeply nicked. Suout rounded ; tympanum 

 hidden. Fingers slightly webbed. Skin of upper surfaces smooth, 

 except upon the front and muzzle, where it is studded with acute 

 tubercles as in the cyprinid genus CeraticJdhi/s. Above yellowish 

 brown, with a dark-brown lateral band between the eye and the 

 groin, which is pale-bordered anteriorly ; also a median band which 

 commences between the eye, and becomes wider and more indistinct 

 posteriorly ; femur not paler than tibia. 



Umvoti, W. Africa. 



7. Megalixalus spinosus. 



Hyperolius spinosus, Biichh. i^- Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1875, p. 208, 

 pi. 1. f. 2. 



Tongue heart-shaped. Head large ; snout longer than the greatest i 

 orbital diameter ; tympanum hidden. Fingers and toes tvvo-thirds.j 

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

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Upper parts 

 covered with spinous warts ; belly and underside of thighs granulate. 

 Dark brown or grey above, with three dark cross bands, one between 

 the eyes, the other across the front part of the back, the third on the 

 sacrum ; limbs cross-barred ; thighs coloured ; grey or blackish 

 brown beneath, punctulated with white. 



Camaroons, W. Africa. 



