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entirely webbed. The bind limb being carried forwards along the 

 body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches in front of the eye. Skin 

 smooth, slightly granular on the belly; no strong fold across the 

 chest. Upper parts brown, finely white-dotted ; thighs not coloured. 



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a, h-c. 5 . Africa. (Types.) 



17. Rappia? bocagii. 



Hyperolius bocagei, Steind. Novara, Aniph. p. 51, pi. 5. f. 11. 



Head much depressed : snout rounded, as long as the orbital 

 diameter ; tympanum hidden. Pingers half webbed ; toes entirely 

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

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Above with 

 a few flat warts ; throat and belly granular. Light brown above, 

 minutely speckled with blackish. 



Angola. 



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18. Eappia rutenbergii, 



Hyperolius rutenbergi, Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1881, p. 47, and Abh. Ver. 

 Bron. vii. p. 189. 



Snout short, subaciirainate ; tympanum hidden. Fingers one- 

 fourth, toes half webbed. Skin smooth, granular on the belly. 

 Blackish grey above, with five longitudinal white stripes ; thighs 

 not coloured. 



Madagascar. 



19. Rappia cinctiventris. 



Hyperolius cinctiventris, Cope, Proc. Ac. Pliilad. 1862, p. 342 ; 



Boettg. Abhandl. Senckenh. Ges. xii. p. 112. 

 citvinus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. S'oc. 1864, p. 311, pi. 27. f. 2 ; 



Peters, 3Ion. Berl. Ac. 1866, p. 891. 



granulosus, Peters, I. c. 



Rappia citrina, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 481. 



Plyperolius glandicolor, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1878, p. 208, pi. 2; 



f. 9. 



Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter ; tympanum 

 hidden. Fingers webbed at the base ; toes two-thirds webbed. 

 The hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches in front of the eye. Upper parts with small 

 scattered tubercles ; throat tubercular ; belly and under surface of 

 thighs granular ; a more or less distinct fold surrounding the median 

 abdominal region. Uniform yellowish above ; thighs, under sur- 

 face of limbs, and sides of belly brown or blackish. Male with a 

 subgular vocal sac, but no adhesive disk. 



Tropical Africa. 



a. S . Senegal. Mr. mitfield [P.]. ) Types of H. ci- 



b. S ■ Zambesi Expedition. Ur. Livingstone [P.]. ( trinus. 



c. (S . King-Williamstown. H. Tre\elyau, Esq. [P.j. 



