88 EEPTILES, 



12, Hyperolius modestus. 



Eucnemis modestus, (Schleff.) Nomenchit. Rept. Mus. Berol. 1850, p. 36 

 (without description). 



a. Adult : bad state. Gold Coast. From Mr. Parrey's Collection as 

 Eucnemis modestus. 



13. Hyperolius madagascariensis. 



Eucnemis madagascariensis, Dmn. ^- JSibr. p. 528. 



Tympanum hidden ; tongue rather rhombic, slightly nicked be- 

 hind ; head short, muzzle obtuse ; above brown, extremities dotted 

 with black ; a black streak from the nostril to the eye ; beneath 

 whitish. Madagascar. 



14, Hyperolius ocellatus. (Plate VII. fig. B.) 



Tympanum hidden ; toes broadly, fingers two -thirds webbed ; 

 crown flat ; snout moderate, not short, muzzle rounded ; tongue 

 cordiform. All upper parts light reddish grey, with small rounded, 

 black, white-edged spots ; sides dark brown "ttdth white spots ; under 

 parts uniform whitish, edge of lower jaw marbled. Upjier arm 

 coloured ; thigh not coloured, except a narrow brown streak on the 

 upper side. Quite smooth ; belly granular. 



a. Adult. Fernando Po. From Mr. Eraser's Collection. 



b. Half-grown : not good state. Angola. From Mr. Rich's Col- 



lection. 



15. Hyperolius plicatus. (Plate VII. fig. C.) 



Tympanum hidden ; tongue cuneiform, broader and deeply notched 

 behind ; head rather elongate ; back with two curved glandular folds. 



a. Adult. Coast of Guinea. From Mr. Frank's Collection as Bana 



oxyrJii/neha. 



Description of the specimen. — Snout moderately elongate, rather 

 pointed in front ; crown quite flat, canthus rostralis angular, loreal 

 region rather high. Extremities moderate : disks moderate ; fingers 

 quite free ; fii'st and S£ cond fingers nearly equal in length, but shorter 

 than fourth ; third longest by far ; toes two-thirds webbed, with well- 

 developed subarticular tubercles ; fourth rather slender, longest by far ; 

 third a little longer than fifth ; metatarsus with one small tubercle. 

 Back with a few scattered small tubercles, and with a glandular fold 

 on each side, reaching from the back edge of eye to the sacral re- 

 gion, both convergent on the back, behind the shoulders ; belly quite 

 smooth ; throat finely granular. Inner nostrils and eustachian tubes 

 small ; tympanum hidden ; tongue elongate, cimeiform, broader and 

 deeply notched behind. Above brownish grey variegated vnih. brown ; 

 between the eyes a brown spot, and a lighter cross-band in front ; an 

 oblique dark brown band from the back edge of the eye to the base of 

 the arm ; throat greyish, belly white, both with some small brown 



