20 REPTILE?. 



a. Adult. Cape of Good Hope. From M. Parziidaki's Collection. 



b. Adiilt. South Africa. Presented by Dr. A. Smith. 



c. Half-grown. South Africa. Presented by Cliarles Darwin, Esq. 

 d-f. Adult : bad state. Africa. Presented by Dr. Stanger. 



g. Adult. Africa. From Mr. Frank's Collection as Kana fiiscigula. 

 Ji. Half-groAATi. Africa. From Mr. Frank's Collection as Rana gra- 

 cilis*. 



25. Rana fasciata. 



Ptana fasciata, Boic, Mas. Lugd. Bat. ; Diun. S,- Bih: p. 389 ; Smith, 



I. c. pi. 78. f. 1. 

 Strongvlopus fasciatus, Tschudi, Batr. p. 79. 

 Eana delalaudii. Bell, Zool. Bvayle, Kept. p. 31. pi. 16. f. 1. 



Head longer than broad ; muzzle pointed ; tympanum distinct, 

 rather small ; skin nearly smooth ; hinder legs veiy slender ; fingers 

 and toes much elongate, veiy slender ; toes only webbed at the base ; 

 vomerine teeth in a straight hne, interrupted in the middle, situated 

 between the front edge of the inner nostrils. 



n. Adult. South Africa. Presented by A. Smith, M.D. 



b. Adult : not good state. South Africa. Presented by Charles Dar- 

 win. Esq. Original specimen of Prof. Bell's description and 

 figure. 



5. SPH^ROTHECA. 



Habit similar to Pelobates ; head tliick, with short, rounded muzzle 

 and swollen, spherical occiputt ; extremities short, fingers free ; toes 

 five, half- webbed ; first cuneifonn bone with a flat, oval, shai|)-edged 

 spm-. Skin smooth, with indistinct scattered tubercles. Vomerine 

 teeth in two oblique series. Tongue cordiform, free and deeply 

 nicked behind ; eustachian tubes moderate ; tjTiipanum distinct. 

 Sacral vertebra not dilated. Male ^vith an external vocal sac. East 

 Indies. 



1. Sphserotheca strigata. (Plate II. fig. A.) 



Yellowish brown, with dark brown spots and a yellow band from 

 the muzzle to anus. 



a. Many specimens. Madras. Presented by J. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



b. Skeleton : male. Madi-as. Presented by J. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



Description. — In habit similar to Pelobates ; head thick, rounded, 

 with short rounded muzzle and much-swollen occiput ; extremities 

 short ; fingers quite free, each with one or two very prominent tu- 

 bercles at the palmar surface ; metacai-pus with a larger, oval, outer 

 tubercle and with a smaller inner one ; toes five, of moderate length, 



* In the printed, but not published, ' Nomenclator Reptilium Musaei Zoolog. 

 Berol.,' I find the name of Ea72a gracilis, Schlegel, from tlie Gold Coast. Wliat- 

 ever the characters of this species may be, the above specimen belongs to B. dc- 

 Inlandii. t arpcttfjct sphaera, and OijKi) cranium. 



