86 REPTILES. 



Skin of back quite smootli. Above greyish ; a light brown, above 

 ■white-edged band from the snout through the eye. 



a. Adult : not good state. South Africa. Presented by Sir J. 



Richardson. 



b. Adult : bad state. South Africa. Presented by Sir J. llichardson. 



c. Adult : not good state. Africa. 



? d. Half-grown : bad state. Siae patria. From Mr. Frank's Col- 

 lection as Eucnemis dorsalis. 



4. Hyperolius parallelus. (Plate VIII. fig. A.) 



Tympanum hidden ; tongue heart-shaped, deeply notched behind ; 

 head short, muzzle blunt. Above blackish brown, with three white 

 parallel bands ; upper lip yellomsh. 



a. Adult. South Africa. 



6, c. Adult and half-grown : not good state. Angola. From Mr. 

 Rich's Collection. 



Description. — In habit similar to H. mannoratus ; extremities 

 rather short ; fingci's slightly webbed, rather short ; first shortest by 

 far, third rather longer than fourth ; toes short, foiu'-fifths webbed, 

 with very small subarticular tubercles, fourth rather longer than 

 fifth ; metatarsus with a very small tubercle. Skin of back and 

 tlrroat smooth, of beUy granular. Above blackish brown with thi'ee 

 white parallel bands — one dorsal from the muzzle to the anus, and 

 another on each side from the upper eyelid to the loin ; belly and 

 u])])er lip yellowish ; upper ami and thigh not coloured ; remainder 

 of the extremities greyish, black-dotted. Inner nares and eustachian 

 tubes small ; tympanum hidden ; tongue short, broad, deeply notched 

 behind. Size of //. marmoi-atus. 



5. Hyperolius guttulatus. (Plate YII. fig. A.) 



Tympanum hidden ; fingers half- webbed ; back smooth ; head 

 moderate, broad, muzzle rounded. Ujiper parts bro^v^l, finely wliite- 

 dotted ; thighs not coloui'cd. 



«. Adult. Africa. From Mr. Parrey's Collection. 

 b, c- A.dult. Africa. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



Description. — Head broad, depressed, with flat crown and forehead, 

 and moderate, rounded muzzle ; canthus rostrahs rather obsolete ; 

 eye moderate ; tympanum hidden ; extremities moderate, with 

 moderate disks and rather small subarticular tubercles ; fingers half- 

 weblicd ; toes welibed to the penultimate phalanx, the third and fifth 

 equal in length, the fourth rather longer ; a veiy small tubercle at the 

 base of the first toe. Skin quite smooth, belly granulated. Tongue 

 cordiform, nicked behind ; interior nostrils rather small. Upper 

 parts bro'WTi, speckled wnth very small, round, dull yellowish points ; 



