13. PHETNOMA.NTIS. 14. CACOPFS. 173 



fingers large, of toes rather smaller ; subarticiilar tubercles distiuct ; 

 a very small inner metatarsal tubercle. Hind limb ver}^ short ; it 

 being carried forwards along the body, the tip of the longest toe 

 marks the eye or the tip of the snout. Skin quite smooth ; a fold 

 from the eye to the shoulder ; a more or less distinct flat gland on 

 the coccygeal region (this is probably the remains of a larval cha- 

 racter). Dark brown above ; lighter beneath, spotted with whitish. 

 Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



South-eastern, South-western, and Southern Africa. 



Vae. a. a white (or red), sometimes interrupted streak on each 

 side of the body, beginning on the upper eyelid ; a white sub- 

 triangular or heart-shaped marking on coccygeal region ; limbs 

 spotted with white. The male's throat black. 



a-c. S , ?, & yg- S. Africa. ' Sir A. Smith [P.". 



d-e. Hgr. ? Sir A. Smith [P.;. 



Var. B. Similar to the preceding, but the space between the 

 white bands with dark and light longitudinal lines ; markings 

 on the legs arranged in cross bars. 



f-g. S & hgr. Shire valley, Zambesi. 



h. 5. Zambesi Expedition. Dr. Livingstone [C.]. 



Vae. C. Upper surfaces with large round light spots ; no light 

 bands. 



i. (S- Angola. J. J. Monteiro [C.]. 



2. Phrynomantis microps. 



Phrynomautis microps, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1875, p. €10, pi. 4. 

 f. 6. 



Differs from the preceding in the smaller head and shorter 

 feet. Head and back reddish white ; sides and limbs black, latter 

 spotted with white ; beneath blackish, spotted with reddish. 



Gold Coast. 



3. Phrynomantis fusca. 



Phrynomantis fusca, Peters, 3Ion. Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 35 ; Peters ^ 

 Doria, Ann. Mus. Genov. xiii. p. 429. 



Snout short, hardly as long as the diameter of the eye. Fifth 

 toe shorter than third. Brown or blackish, lighter beneath, with 

 irregular white lines and small spots ; forearm and tarsus with 

 slightly distinct cross streaks. Otherwise as in P. hifasciata. 



Amboyna ; Batanta. 



14. CACOPUS. 



Systoma, {non Waykr) Tschudi, Batr. p. 86. 

 Uperodon, Dum. 8f Bihr. viii. p. 48. 

 Cacopus, Gilnth. Rept. Brit. lad. p. 415. 



