13. PHRTNOilANTIS. 14. CACOPFS. 173 



fingers large, of toes rather smaller; subarticular tubercles distiuct ; 

 a verj^ small inner metatarsal tubercle. Hind limb very short ; it 

 being carried forwards along the body, the tip of the longest toe 

 marks the eye or the tip of the snout. Skin quite smooth ; a fold 

 from the eye to the shoulder ; a more or less distinct flat gland on 

 the coccygeal region (this is probably the remains of a larval cha- 

 racter). Dark brown above ; lighter beneath, spotted with whitish. 

 Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



South-eastern, South-western, and Southern Africa. 



Var. a. a white (or red), sometimes interrupted streak on each 

 side of the body, beginning on the upper eyelid ; a white sub- 

 triangular or heart-shaped marking on coccygeal region ; limbs 

 spotted with white. The male's throat black. 



fl-c. (?,$,& yg. S. Africa. 8ir A. Smith [P.]. 



d-e. Hgr. ? Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



Var. B. Similar to the preceding, but the space between the 

 white bands with dark and light longitudinal lines ; markings 

 on the legs arranged in cross bars. 



f-g. <S & bgr. Shire valley, Zambesi. 



/(. $ . Zambesi Expedition. Dr. Livingstone [C.]. 



Var. C. Upper surfaces with large round light spots ; no light 

 bands. 



i. S- Angola. J. J. Monteiro [C.]. 



2. Phrynomantis microps. 



Phrynomautis microps, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1875, p. 210, pi. 4. 

 f. G. 



Differs from the preceding in the smaller head and shorter 

 feet. Head and back reddish white ; sides and limbs black, latter 

 spotted with white ; beneath blackish, spotted with reddish. 



Gold Coast. 



3. Phrynomantis fusca. 



Phrynomantis fu^ca, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 35 ; Peters %■ 

 Uoria, Ann. Mm. Genov. xiii. p. 429. 



Snout short, hardly as long as the diameter of the eye. Fifth 

 toe shorter than third. Brown or blackish, lighter beneath, with 

 irregular white lines and small spots ; forearm and tarsus with 

 shghtly distinct cross streaks. Otherwise as in P. hifasciata. 



Amboyna ; Batanta. 



14. CACOPUS. 



Systoma, {non TT'ai/ler) Tschudi, Batr. p. 86. 

 Uperodon, Dum. Sf Bihr. viii. p. 48. 

 Cacopus, Gdnth. Bept. Brit. Ind. p. 415. 



