AITENBIX. 139 



seen them alive, mentions an indistinct paratoid, which would eon- 

 firm my opinion, given above. The white spot on the vertebral 

 line is not a constant character, being absent in one-half of the 

 young specimens. 



. ' Page 55. Bufo vulgaris. 



Bufo ciiiereiis, Brandt Sf Ratzeburg, Medicin. Zool. i. p. 193. t. 23. 

 e. Fine specimen. Japan. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



Page 56. Bufo chilensis. 



Gay, Chile, Zool ii. Er2}etol. p. 125. pi. 5. f. 3. 



Page 57. 3 a. Bufo simus. 



Schmidt, Denkschr. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 1858, p. 254. t. 3. f. 22 (hind- 

 foot). 



Crown without bony enlargement; paratoids moderate, irregu- 

 larly rounded ; tarsus mthout cutaneous fold ; a metacarpal rudi- 

 ment of the thumb. Toes half- webbed ; the thii'd finger longer 

 than the fourth, the third toe shorter than the fifth. Back with 

 larger and shorter flat warts. Tympanum hidden ; eustachian 

 tubes small. Above grey or brown, beneath ■\\dth blackish irre- 

 gular spots. Chiriqui River. 



Page 58. Bufo viridis. 

 Bufo variabilis, Brandt 4'" Ratzeburg, I. c, p. 197. t. 23. 



Page 59. Bufo pantherinus. 



o'. Adult. Gambia. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 



a, /3. Adult. Presented by Sii- A. Smith as Bufo arablca. 



Page 59. Bufo angusticeps. 



c-f. Not good state. Cape. Presented by Sir A. Smith. — Probably 

 identical with B. pantherinus. 



Bufo gariepensis, Smith, III. S. Afr. Bept. pi. 69. f. 2, I like- 

 wise consider to be yoimg specimens of B. pantherinus. 



a, h. Cape. Presented by Sir A. Smith. — Original specimens, upon 

 which the species was founded. 



Page 60. Bufo guineensis. 

 d'. Adult. Coast of (jiuinea. Presented bv Sir A. Smith. 



