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rage 44. '6 a. Phryniscus bibronii. 



riylaeinorphus bibronii, Sc/imidt, Dvnkschr. Acad. IVian. Wien, 1868, 

 p. 250. t. 3. f. 25 (not good). 



Upper parts without spines, smooth ; snout pointed, much pro- 

 truding, obliquely truncated, the prolonged outlines forming an 

 acute angle ; canthus rostralis not swollen, crowTi flat ; extremities 

 still more slender tlian in Plir. crucujcr, the length of the femur and 

 tibia tog(!thcr being rather more than the length of the body, whUe 

 the same parts are much shorter in Phr. crucirfcr. Above olive, 

 with broad brown reticulated bands, transvcrae as well as longi- 

 tudinal. Along the side of liead and body a broad brown band ; 

 lower parts whitish. 



«. Adult. Puerto Caballo. I'rescnted by Sir A. 8mith. 



Page 45. Phryniscus varius. 

 Ilylicmorphus dunierilii, Sc/unidt, I. c. p. 255. t. .'5. f. 23, 24. 



Page 46. Pseudophryne bibronii. 



e. Adult. Swan River. Presented by Su- A. Smith. 



This specimen has a large and flat lumbar gland, which is much 

 less conspicuous in the other specimens. Eustachian tubes and 

 tympanum absent. 



Page 47. Hemisus guttatum. 



d. Adult. Natal. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



e. Half-grown. Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith as Engystoma 



vermiculatiun. 



f. Adult. Coast of Guinea. Presented by Sir A. Smith as E. gui- 



neense. 



Pago 48. Rhinoderma darwinii. 

 Gay, Chile, Zool. ii. Erpdol. p. 122. pi. 7. f. 1. 



g. Fine specimen. S. America. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Page 49. Uperodon marmoratum. 



g. Fine specimen. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Page oU. Diplopelma oniatum. 



e', e". Fine specimens. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Page 5;J. Breviceps verrucosus, 

 f. Young. Ciipe. Prc*!cnted by Sir .\. Smith. 



