new Af/icin Batrachians. 141 



Phrynohatrachus francisci. 



Tongue with a conical papilla in the middle. Habit 

 ranoid. Head moderate ; snout short, rounded, projecting, 

 without canthus ; interorbital space as broad as the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum feebly distinct, about half the diameter 

 ot' the eye. First finger not extending quite so far as second ; 

 toes two-thirds webbed ; tips of fingers and toes obtusely 

 pointed; subarticular tubercles small; two small, rounded 

 metatarsal tubercles and a small conical tubercle in the 

 middle of the tarsus. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching the 

 end of the snout ; tibia half the length of head and body. 

 Head and back with small smooth warts and short glandular 

 ridges, limbs and lower parts smooth. Brown above, with a 

 dark brown band between the eyes, two pairs of large dark 

 brown spots on the back, separated by an interrupted yellow 

 vertebral line, and dark cross-bars on the limbs; white 

 beneath. 



From snout to vent 15 mm. 



A single specimen from the Zaria Province of Xorthern 

 Nigeria, presented by Mr. A. C. Francis. 



Hylamhutes verrucosus. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique series between the choanal. 

 Head a little broader than long ; snout rounded, as long as 

 the diameter of the eye ; canthus rostralis rounded ; inter- 

 orbital space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 distinct, half the diameter of the eye. Fingers moderate, 

 free ; toes barely one-fourth webbed ; disks rather large, as 

 large as the tympanum ; inner metatarsal tubercle small, 

 oval, not compressed. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 between the shoulder and the eye ; tibia two-fifths length of 

 head and body. ISkin with small smooth warts above, 

 granulate on the belly and under the thighs. Dark purplish 

 brown above and beneath ; axil and groin with a large 

 orange spot; thighs and lower surface of tibia and tarsus 

 barred black and orange. 



From snout to vent 58 mm. 



A single female specimen from the Mabira Forest, Chagwe, 

 Uganda, presented by Dr. C. Christy. 



Hylamhates christyi. 



Vomerine teeth in two small groups just behind the level 

 of the choaiiae. Head much broader than long ; snout 

 rounded, as long as the diameter of the eye ; canthus rostralis 



