86 EEPTILES. 



Skin of back quite smooth. Above greyish ; a light brown, above 

 white-edged band from the snout through the eye. 



a. Adult : not good state. South Africa. Presented by Sir J. 



Richardson. 



b. Adult: bad state. South Africa. Presented by Sir J. Pdchardson. 



c. Adult : not good state. Afiica. 



? d. Half-grown : bad state. Sine patria. From Mr. Frank's Col- 

 lection as Eucnemis dorsalis. 



4. Hyperolius parallelns. (Plate VIII. fig. A.) 



Tympanum hidden ; tongue heart-shaped, deeply notched behind ; 

 head short, muzzle blunt. Above blackish brown, with three white 

 parallel bands ; upper lip yellowish. 



a. Adult. South Africa. 



h, c. Adult and half-grown : not good state. Angola. From Mr. 

 Rich's Collection. 



Description. — In habit similar to H. marmoratiis ; extremities 

 rather short ; fingers slightly webbed, rather short ; first shortest by 

 far, third rather longer than fourth ; toes short, four-fifths webbed, 

 with very small subarticular tubercles, fourth rather longer than 

 fifth ; metatarsus with a very small tubercle. Skin of back and 

 throat smooth, of belly granular. Above blackish bro-wn Avith three 

 white parallel bands — one dorsal from the muzzle to the anus, and 

 another on each side from the upper eyehd to the loin ; belly and 

 iipper lip yellowish ; upper arm and thigh not coloured ; remainder 

 of the extremities greyish, black-dotted. Inner nares and eustachian 

 tubes small ; tympanum hidden ; tongiie short, broad, deeply notched 

 behind. Size of H. marmoratus. 



5. Hyperolius guttulatus. (Plate YII. fig. A.) 



Tympanum hidden ; fingers half- webbed ; back smooth ; head 

 moderate, broad, muzzle rounded. Upper parts brown, finely white- 

 dotted ; thighs not coloured. 



a. Adult. Africa. From Mr. Parrey's Collection. 

 h, c A.dult. Africa. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



Description. — Head broad, depressed, with flat crown and forehead, 

 and moderate, roimded muzzle ; cantlms rostrahs rather obsolete ; 

 eye moderate ; tympanum hidden ; extremities moderate, with 

 moderate disks and rather small subarticular tubercles ; fingers half- 

 webbed ; toes webbed to the penultimate phalanx, the third and fifth 

 equal in length, the fourth rather longer ; a veiy small tubercle at the 

 base of the first toe. Sldn quite smooth, belly granulated. Tongue 

 cordiform, nicked behind; inteiior nostrils rather small. Upper 

 parts bro-^Ti, speckled with very small, round, dull yellowish points ; 



