40S On a new Lizard and Tioo new Frojs. 



broad ; snout pointed, strongly projecting, once and a half 

 the length o£ the eye ; canthus rostralis distinct; loreal region 

 feebly oblique, feebly concave ; nostril nearer the end of the 

 snout than the eye ; interorbital space a little broader than 

 the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, two-thirds the 

 diameter of the eye and close to it. Fingers obtuse, iirst, 

 second, and fourth equal ; subartlcular tubercles moderately 

 large, moderately prominent. Hind limb very long, the 

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaching far beyond the tip of the 

 snout ; tibia once and two-fifths in length from' snout to 

 vent, longer than the fore limb or the foot. Toes obtuse, 

 broadly webbed, the web reaching the tips of all except the 

 fourth, of which the two distal phalanges are free; sub- 

 articular tubercles moderately large, moderately prominent ; 

 inner metatarsal tubercle elliptical, half the length of the 

 inner toe; no outer tubercle; no tarsal fold. Skin smooth 

 above, with six fine, feebly prominent, interrupted glandular 

 folds along the back; a stronger fold above the temporal 

 region ; lower parts smooth. Grrey above ; a whitish line 

 from the tip of the snout, along the canthus rostralis, to the 

 eye, continued on the temporal fold ; side of head, including 

 the tympanum, dark brown, black above, this dark band 

 continued on the side of the body ; limbs with numerous 

 dark cross-bands ; hinder side of thighs black, variegated 

 with white ; throat and belly yellow; lower surface of thighs 

 and of inner side of legs bright pink; plantar surface dark 

 brown, the web variegated with white. Male with blackish 

 external vocal sacs, each protruding through a slit measuring 

 one-third the lengtli of the mandibular ramus and terminating 

 close to the middle of the base of the arm. 



From snout to vent 43 mm. 



A single male specimen from Bibianaka, Sierra Leone. 



Distinguished from R. cequiplicata, Werner, by the longer 

 snout, with less oblique and feebly concave loreal region, and 

 the longer fourth finger ; from II. longiceps, Peters, by the 

 web not extending to the tip of the fourth toe and the 

 shorter slit for the vocal sac ; from R. oxyrhynchus, Suudev., 

 by the well-marked canthus rostralis. 



Rappia spurrelli. 

 Head a little longer than broad ; snout pointed, as long as 

 the orbit, projecting strongly beyond the moutli ; canthus 

 rostralis rounded ; loreal region nearly vertical and feebly 

 concave ; nostril a little nearer the tip of the snout than the 

 eye ; interorbital region a little broader than the upper 

 eyelid; tympanum hidden. Fingers moderately elongate, 



