800 BUF0>"IDJ3. 



First finger extending slightlj- beyond second. No indication of a 

 tarsal fold. From snout to vent 53 millim. 

 W. Africa. 



Prof. Barboza du Bocage [P.]. 

 Mr. Fraser [C.]. 

 Mr. Fraser [C.]. 



29. Bufo angusticeps. 



Bufo angusticeps, Gilnth. Cat. p. 59. 

 Bufo pantlierinus, part., Dtim. Sf Bihr. p. GS7. 



angusticeps, Smith, III. 8. Afr. pi. 69. f. 1 ; Boideng. P)-oc. Zool. 



Soc. 1880, p. 564. 

 gariepeusis, Smith, I. c. f. 2. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout short, blunt : interorbital 

 space narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum distinct, about 

 one third the width of the eye. Fingers short, first not extending 

 beyond second ; toes short, webbed at the base, with simple or 

 double subartieular tubercles ; two moderate metatarsal tubercles ; 

 a more or less distinct (exceptionally, indistinct) tarsal fold. The 

 hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal 

 articulation reaches the posterior corner of the eye in males, hardly 

 the tympanum in females. Ujiper parts with irregular, depressed, 

 distinctly porous warts ; parotoids generally small, elliptic or sub- 

 oval, depressed ; belly almost entirely smooth. Brown or olive- 

 spotted or marbled above; generally a yellowish vertebral line ; 

 beneath generally immaculate. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



S. Africa. 



a-d.c^o. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [P.]. _ (As 



typical of B. anr/iisticeps.} 



e. 2- Cape of Good Hope. Fordsof the Admiralty [P.]. 



/-^. Hgr. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [P.l- (As 



typical of B. qariej)ensis.) 



h-k. Bgr. Yleis, Kaffraria. F. P. M. Weale,"Esq. [P.]. 



I. 2- S. Africa. 



30. Bufo olivacens. 



Bufo olivacens, Blanfonl, Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. (4) xiv. p. 35, mul E. 

 Persia, ii. p. 4.34, pi. 28. f. 3. 



Crown without bony ridges ; snout shoit, obliquely truncate 

 from above backwards; interorbital space slightly concave, a little 

 broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, vertically 

 oval, its greatest diameter two thirds tliat of the eye. Fingers 

 moderate, first longer than second ; toes moderate, two-thirds 

 webbed ; subartieular tubercles simple ; two moderate metatarsal 

 tubercles ; no tarsal fold. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches in front of 



