2. KA.NA. 



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tympanum; thii^hs black above, wbite-marbled ; beneath yellowish, 

 indistinctly brown- spotted on the throat. From snout to vent 

 54 miUim. 

 W. India. 



a. 2. 



Mangalore, W. coast of India. G. E. Dobson, Esq. [P.]. 



28. Rana ornata. 

 Pyxicephalus oruatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1878, pi. 2. f. 7. 



Vomerine teeth in two small groups between the choanae. Habit 

 stout. Head moderate ; tympanum not much smaller than the 

 eye, very distinct. Fingers very short, first a little shorter than 

 second; toes very short, half webbed; metatarsal shovel obtuse. 

 Hind limb not much longer than head and body. Upper parts 

 smooth. Olive-green above, with three broad olive-brown bands 

 along the back ; limbs transversely barred. 



Taita, E. Africa. 



29. Raiia adspersa. 



/. 



Tomopterna adspersa, Gnnth. Cat. p. 

 Pyxicephalus adspersus, (Bibr.) Tschudi, Batr. p. 84 ; Dum. ^- Bihr. 



p. 444 ; Smith, III. S. Afr., Rept. pi. 49 ; Steindachn. Novara, 



Amjjh. p. 7. 

 edulis, Peters, Arch./. Naturg. 18-55, p. 56. 



Lower surface of foot. 



Vomerine teeth in two scarcely oblique groups between the 

 choanae ; lower jaw with two large bony prominences in front. 

 Habit very stout. Head large, generally bony, rough on the sides 

 and above ; interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tym- 

 panum very distinct, two thirds or three fourths the size of the 

 eye. Fingers short, first not extending beyond second ; toes short, 

 half webbed ; inner metatarsal tubercle shovel-like, as long as 

 the second toe ; no other metatarsal tubercle ; subax'ticular tubercles 

 moderate. The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, 

 the metatarsal tubercle reaches the eye. Skin warty above, with 

 longitudinal glandular folds on the back. Olive or brown above, 



