12. Hyperolius modestus. 



Eucneniis modestus, (Schleff.) NotneuchU. Rept. Mas. Bcrol. 1856, p. 3(3 

 (without description). 



fl. Adult : bad state. Gold Coast. From Mr. Fancy's Collection as 

 Eucnemis modestus. 



13. Hyperolius madagascariensis. 



Eucnemis madagascariensis, Dum. ^- Bibr. p. 528. 



Tympanum hidden ; tongue rather rhombic, slightly nicked be- 

 hind ; head short, muzzle obtuse ; above brown, extremities dotted 

 with black ; a black streak from the nostril to the eye ; beneath 

 whitish. Madagascar. 



14. Hyperolius ocellatus. (Plate VII. fig. B.) 



TjTupanum hidden ; toes broadly, fingers two-thirds webbed ; 

 crown flat ; snout moderate, not short, muzzle roTinded ; tongue 

 cordiform. All upper parts light reddish grey, with small rounded, 

 black, white-edged spots ; sides dark brown M'ith white spots ; under 

 parts uniform whitish, edge of lower jaw marbled. Upper arm 

 coloured ; thigh not coloured, except a narrow brown streak on the 

 upper side. Quite smooth ; belly granular. 



a. Adult. Fernando Po. From Mr. Eraser's Collection. 

 h. Half-grown : not good state. Angola. From Mr. Rich's Col- 

 lection. 



15. Hyperolius plicatus, (Plate VII. fig. C.) 



Tympanum hidden ; tongue cuneiform, broader and deeply notched 

 behind ; head rather elongate ; back ^\'ith two curved glandular folds. 



a. Adult. Coast of Guinea. From Mr. Frank's Collection as Rana 

 oxyrliijncha . 



Description of the specimen. — Snout moderately elongate, rather 

 pointed in front ; crown quite flat, canthus rostrahs angular, loreal 

 region rather high. Extremities moderate : disks moderate ; fingers 

 quite free ; fii'st and second fingers nearly cqiial in length, but shorter 

 than fourth ; third longest by far ; toes two-thirds webbed, with well- 

 developed subarticular tubercles ; fourth rather slender, longest by far ; 

 tliird a little longer than fifth ; metatarsus with one small tubercle. 

 Back with a few scattered small tubercles, and mth a glandular fold 

 on each side, reaching from the back edge of eye to the sacral re- 

 gion, both convergent on the back, behind the shoulders ; belly quite 

 smooth ; throat finely granular. Inner nostrils and eustachian tubes 

 small ; tympamim hidden ; tongue elongate, cuneifoiTn, broader and 

 deeply notched behind. Above brownish grey variegated with brown ; 

 between the eyes a brown spot, and a lighter cross-band in front ; an 

 obHque dark brown band from the back edge of the eye to the base of 

 the arm ; throat grepsh, belly white, both mth some small brown 



