1. xENoPUS. : 457 
Xenopus boiei, Wagl. Isis, 1827, p. 726, and Syst. Amph. p. 199. 
Dactylethra capensis, Cuv. R. A.; Dum. § Bibr. p. 768, pl. 92. f. 1; 
A, Dum. Arch, Mus. x. pl. 18. £6; Mansell Veale, Ann. § Mag. 
NV. H. (3) xvii. p. 391. 
boiel, Tschudi, Batr. p. 90. 
Xenopus levis, Steendachn. Novara, Amph. p.4. — - 
Dactylethra levis, Blanf. Observ. Zool. Geol. Abyss. p. 459. 
Sternal apparatus. 
Head small; snout short, rounded, without canthus rostralis ; 
eyes and nostrils turned upwards; former small, their diameter 
equalling the distance between their front border and the nostril; 
upper eyelid reduced to a mere fold of the skin; a very short ten- 
tacle below the eye. Fingers very slender, acutely pointed, sub- 
equal in size; toes strong, depressed, pointed, very broadly webbed, 
the three inner furnished with black corneous sheaths imbedding 
the claws; no claw-like metatarsal spur; no subarticular tubercles. 
The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso- 
metatarsal articulation marks the eye in females, the tip of the snout 
in males. Skin smooth, with more or less distinct tube-like lines 
round the body. Dark brown above; whitish beneath, immaculate 
or spotted with brown. The females distinguished in having three 
dermal flaps closing the vent, 
Tropical Africa, 
a, Yg. Senafe, Abyssinia. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 
bo, Port Natal, Rey. H. Calloway | P.]. 
Oe Port Natal. T.-Ayres, Esq. [C.]. 
d. Laryee,many spec. Kaffraria. F. P.M. Weale, Hsq. [P.]. 
eG. King-William’s Town. H. Trevelyan, Esq. [P.]. 
fry. 2. Cape. The Medical Officers of the 
Chatham Mus. [P.]. 
h. Ss. Cape. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 
a. Ad., stuffed. Cape. 
ka 2. Orange River. Dr. Kannemeyer [P.]. 
Lm. 3. W. Africa, Dr. Welwitsch [P.]. 
2. Xenopus muelleri. 
Dactylethra miulleri, Giinth. Cat. p. 2. 
Dactylethra miilleri, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1844, p. 37, and Arch, 
f. Naturg. 1855, p. 58. 
Xenopus miilleri, Peters, Won, Berl, Ac, 1875, p. 201, 
