34 EANIDiE. 



sometimes with a light vertebral line ; throat more or less spotted 

 with brown. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 

 South and East Africa. 



a, b. S & yg- Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



c. Ad. (stuiied). S. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



d. 5 . Mossamhique. Prof. Peters. (As typical of 



e. Ad. (stuffed). Africa. 



Pyxicephalus edulis.) 



30. Rana maltzanii. 



Maltzania bufonia, Boettg. Abhandl. Sench. Ges. xii. p. 418, pi. i. f. 3. 



Closely allied to R. adspersa, from which it differs in the larger 

 tympanum and the absence of longitudinal folds on the back. 



In this, as in the preceding species, the tongue is less deeply 

 emarginate than in the other members of the genus Bana. 



Scnegambia. 



31. Rana khasiana. 

 Pyxicephalus khasianus, Anders. Journ. As. Soc. 1871, p. 23. 



Yomerine prominences placed transversely behind the choanse ; 

 lower jaw with two apophyses in front. Head moderate ; occiput 

 much swollen ; tympanum half the size of the eye, faintly visible. 

 First and second fingers nearly equal. Legs of moderate length. 

 A small, little prominent metatarsal shovel. Uniform brown above, 

 faintly barred on the thighs ; spotted with brown on the sides, chin, 

 thorax, and under surface of the limbs. 



Khasi HiUs. 



32. Rana capito. 



Rana capito, Leconte, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1855, p. 425, pi. 5. 



Vomerine teeth in two straight groups between the choanae. 

 Habit stout. Head large ; snout moderate, subtriangular, with 

 indistinct canthus rostralis ; interorbital space narrower than the 

 upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, two thirds the size of the 

 eye, Piiigers moderate, first extending beyond second ; toes rather 

 short, hardly half webbed ; subarticular tubercles of fingers and toes 

 moderate ; inner metatarsal tubercle small, oval, slightly com- 

 pressed ; a rather indistinct outer tubercle. The hind limb being 

 carried forwards along the body, the metatarsal tubercle reaches 

 between the eye and the tip of the snout. A rather broad, but not 

 very prominent, glandular lateral fold. Brownish above, with small 

 rounded dark spots close together ; legs cross-barred. 



Georgia. 



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a-b, HgT. N. America. Edward Doubleday, Esq. [P.]. 



