13. PHRYNOMANTIS.—14. cAcoPpuUs. 173 
fingers large, of toes rather smaller; subarticular tubercles distinct ; 
a very small inner metatarsal tubercle. Hind limb very short; it 
being carried forwards along the body, the tip of the longest toe 
marks the eye or the tip of the snout. Skin quite smooth; a fold 
from the eye to the shoulder; a more or less distinct flat gland on 
the coccygeal region (this is probably the remains of a larval cha- 
racter). Dark brown above; lighter beneath, spotted with whitish. 
Male with a subgular vocal sac. 
South-eastern, South-western, and Southern Africa. 
Var. A. A white (or red), sometimes interrupted streak on each 
side of the body, beginning on the upper eyelid ; a white sub- 
triangular or heart-shaped marking on coccygeal region ; limbs 
spotted with white. The male’s throat black. 
a-c. 3,92,&yg. 5S. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 
d-e. Hgr. p Sir A. Smith [P. 
Var. B. Similar to the preceding, but the space between the 
white bands with dark and light longitudinal lines ; markings 
on the legs arranged in cross bars. 
f-g. 3 & her. Shiré valley, Zambesi. 
A? Zambesi Expedition. Dr. Livingstone [C.]. 
Var. C. Upper surfaces with large round light spots; no light 
bands, 
ee Angola. J. J. Monteiro [C.]. 
2. Phrynomantis microps. 
Phrynomantis microps, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1875, p. 210, pl. 4. 
iG: 
Differs from the preceding in the smaller head and _ shorter 
feet. Head and back reddish white; sides and limbs black, latter 
spotted with white; beneath blackish, spotted with reddish. 
Gold Coast. 
3. Phrynomantis fusca. 
Phrynomantis fusca, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1867, p. 35; Peters § 
Doria, Ann. Mus. Genov. xiii. p. 429. 
Snout short, hardly as long as the diameter of the eye. Fifth 
toe shorter than third. Brown or blackish, lighter beneath, with 
irregular white lines and small spots; forearm and tarsus with 
- slightly distinct cross streaks, Otherwise as in P. bifasciata. 
Amboyna; Batanta. 
14. CACOPUS. 
Systoma, (non Wagler) Tschudi, Batr. p. 86. 
Uperodon, Dum. 8 Bibr. viii. p. 48. 
Cacopus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 415. 
