139 



seen them ulivo, mentions an indistinct paratoid, which would con- 

 hrm my opinion, given above. The white spot on the vertebral 

 line 18 not a constant character, being absent in one-half of the 



young specimens. 



Page 55. Bufo vtdgaris. 

 Bufo cinereus, Brandt ^ Ratzelur,,, Medicin. Zool. i. p. 193. t. 23. 

 c. Fine specimen. Japan. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Page 56. Bufo chilensis. 



Gay, adle, Zool. ii. Erpetol. p. 125. pi. 5. f. 3. 



Page 57. 3 a. Bufo sirnus. 



Schmidt, Denkschr. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 1858, p. 254. t. 3. f. 22 (hind- 

 foot). ^ 



CroATO without bony enlargement; paratoids moderate, ii-regu- 

 larly rounded ; tarsus M-ithout cutaneous fold; a metacarpal rudi- 

 ment ol the thumb. Toes half- webbed ; the tliird finger longer 

 than the fourth, the third too shorter than the fifth. Back with 

 argei- and shorter flat warts. Tympanum hidden ; eustachian 

 tubes small. Above grey or brown, beneath ^^th blackish irre- 

 gular spots. Chiriqui lliver. 



Page 58. Bufo viridis. 

 Bufo variabilis, Brandt S>- Ratzehirg, I. c. p. 197. t. 23. 



Page 59. Bufo pantherinus. 

 o'. Adult. Gambia. Presented by Sir- A. Smith. 

 a, fj. Adult. Presented by Sii- A. Smith as Bufo arabka. 



Page 59. Bufo angusticeps. 



c~f. Not good state. Cape. Presented by Sir A. Smith.— Probably 

 identical with B. panthennus. 



Bufo gariepensis, Smith, in. S. Afr. Rept. pi. 69. f. 2, I like- 

 wise consider to be young specimens of B. pantherinus. 



a, b. Cape. Presented by Sii- A. Smith.— Original specimens, upon 

 which the species was founded. 



Page 60. Bufo guiueensis. 

 (f'. Adull. Coast of Guinea, rresentcd hv Sir A. Smith. 



