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entirely webbed. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 
body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches infront of the eye. Skin 
smooth, slightly granular on the belly; no strong fold across the 
chest. Upper parts brown, finely white-dotted ; thighs not coloured. 
5) 
a, b-c. Q-. Africa. ( Types.) 
17. Rappia? bocagii. 
Hyperolius bocagei, Stetnd. Novara, Amph. p. 51, pl. 6. f. 11. 
Head much depressed: snout rounded, as long as the orbital 
diameter; tympanum hidden, Fingers half webbed; toes entirely 
webbed. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the 
tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Above with 
a few flat warts; throat and belly granular. Light brown above, 
minutely speckled with blackish. 
Angola. 
18. Rappia rutenbereii. 
Hlyperolius rutenbergi, Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1881, p. 47, and Abh. Ver. 
Brem, vii. p. 189. 
Snout short, subacuminate; tympanum hidden. Fingers one- 
fourth, toes half webbed. Skin smooth, granular on the belly. 
Blackish grey above, with five longitudinal white stripes; thighs 
not coloured. 
Madagascar. 
19. Rappia cinctiventris. 
Hyperolius cinctiventris, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 342; 
Boettg. Abhandl. Senckenb. Ges. xii. p- 112. 
citrinus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 811, pl. 27. f. 2; 
Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1866, p. 891. 
eranulosus, Peters, 1. ¢. 
Rappia citrina, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868 , p- 481. 
proline glandicolor, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1878, p. 208, pl. 2. 
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Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter; tympanum 
hidden. Fingers webbed at the base; toes two-thirds webbed. 
The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal 
articulation reaches in front of the eye. Upper parts with small 
scattered tubercles ; throat tubercular; belly and under surface of 
thighs granular ; amore or less distinct fold surrounding the median 
abdominal region. Uniform yellowish above; thighs, under sur- 
face of erie. and sides of belly brown or blackish. Male with a 
subgular vocal sac, but no adhesive disk. 
Tropical Africa. 
a. d. Senegal. Mr. Whitfield [P.]. Types of H. c7- 
b. dg. Zambesi Expedition. Dr. Livingstone [P.]. trinus. 
e. ¢. King-Williamstown. Hi Trevelyan, Esq. [ P.]. 
