new African Batrachians. 141 



Phrynohatrachus francisci. 



Tongue with a conical papilla in the midtlle. Habit 

 rancid. Head moderate ; snout short, rounded, projecting, 

 without canthus ; interorbital space as broad as the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum feebly distinct, about half the diameter 

 ot" the eye. First finger not extending- quite so far as second ; 

 toes two-thirds webbed ; tips of fingers and toes obtusely 

 pointed; subarticular tubercles small; two small, rounded 

 metatarsal tubercles and a small conical tubercle in the 

 middle of the tarsus. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the 

 end of the snout ; tibia half the length of head and body. 

 Head and back with small smooth warts and short glandular 

 ridges, limbs and lower parts smooth. Brown above, with a 

 dark brown band between the eyes, two pairs of large dark 

 brown spots on the back, separated by an interrupted yellow 

 vertebral line, and dark cross-bars on the limbs; white 

 beneath. 



From snout to vent 15 mm. 



A single specimen from the Zaria Province of Northern 

 Nigeria, presented by Mr. A. C. Francis. 



Hylamhates verrucosus. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique series between the choanse. 

 Head a little broader than long ; snout rounded, as long as 

 the diameter of the eye ; canthus rostralis rounded ; inter- 

 orbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 distinct, half the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, 

 free j toes barely one-fourth webbed ; disks rather large, as 

 large as the tympanum ; inner metatarsal tubercle small, 

 oval, not compressed. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 between the shoulder and the eye ; tibia two-fifths length of 

 head and body. Skin with small smooth warts above, 

 granulate on the belly and under the thighs. Dark purplish 

 brown above and beneath ; axil and groin with a large 

 orange spot; thighs and lower surface of tibia and tarsus 

 barred black and orange. 



From snout to vent 58 mm. 



A single female specimen from the Mabira Forest^ Chagwe, 

 Uganda, presented by Dr. C. Christy. 



Hylamhates christyi. 



Vomerine teeth in two small groups just behind the level 

 of the choance. Head much broader than long ; snout 

 rounded, as long as the diameter of the eye ; canthus rostralis 



