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snout, shorter limbs, and extremely short and very obtuse 

 digits. Occiput swollen ; interorbital space as broad as the 

 upper eyelid. First finger shorter than second, fourtii 

 shortest; three strong palmar tubercles. Foot not longer 

 than the head ; inner toe with a subarticular tubercle, others 

 without ; metatarsal tubercle much longer than the inner toe. 

 Tarso-metatarsal articulation reaching the shoulder. Pale 

 greyish olive above, with pink and olive blotches; a chevron- 

 shaped dark cross-band between the eyes ; a pair of large 

 dark blotches on the scapular region ; tarsal and metatarsal 

 tubercles yellowish white; white beneath, with a few olive 

 dots and vermiculations. 



From snout to vent 2Q millim. 



A single specimen from S.W. Madagascar, collected by 

 Mr. Last. 



Dyscophus Grandidieri. 



Palatine teeth in a long, nearly straight, transverse series, 

 narrowly interrupted in the middle. Head once and a half as 

 broad as long ; snout rounded, narrower than in D. Antongilii 

 and D. Guineti ; nostril equally distant from the eye and the 

 end of the snout ; interorbital space a little broader than the 

 ■upper eyelid ; tympanum indistinct. First and second fingers 

 equal. Toes webbed at the base ; inner metatarsal tubercle 

 very large, compressed, shovel-shaped, quite as long as the 

 inner toe. The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches tiie eye. 

 Skin thick and finely shagreened above ; a glandular dorso- 

 lateral fold ; a strong fold from the eye to the arm. Olive 

 above, lighter on the sides of the back ; a broad triangular 

 dark marking between the eyes ; a short dark canthal streak 

 in front of the eye ; a dark club-shaped streak behind the eye ; 

 a dark light-edged streak on the lateral fold ; dirty white 

 beneath, mottled with brown on the throat and breast; meta- 

 tarsal tubercle whitish. 



From snout to vent 33 millim. 



A single specimen from S.W. Madagascar, collected by 

 Mr. Last. 



Lej)todactylus macidilabris. 



Tongue oval, slightly nicked behind. Vomerine teeth in 

 two slightly curved series behind the choanal, narrowly 

 separated in the middle and extending outwards as far as the 

 outer border of the choanai. Snout rounded, scarcely promi- 

 nent, as long as the diameter of the orbit ; nostril nearer the 

 tip of the snout than the eye; interorbital space as broad as 

 the upper eyelid; tympanum very distinct, nearly two thirds 



