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articulation readies the tympanum. Skin smooth ; sides and 

 lower belly granulate ; a strong- fold across the chest. 

 Greyish brown above, with a vase-shaped dark marking 

 from between the eyes to the sacral region ; some dark spots 

 on the temple and above the shoulder; rather irregular dark 

 brown bars across the fore limb and the tibia; lower parts 

 white. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 19 mm. 



A single male specimen from Marimba. 



The longer third finger distinguishes this species from 

 A. macrodacttjlus, Blgr. 



11. Arih)-oleptts pa7-vu!us, s]). n. (PI. IV. figs. 3-3 ^.) 



Head moderate, as long as broad ; snout rounded, projecting 

 beyond the mouth, shorter than the diameter of the orbit ; 

 nostril a little nearer the end of the snout than the eye ; inter- 

 orbital space a little broader than the upper eyelid ; tympanum 

 hidden. Fingers moderate, third about once and a half as 

 long as second; toes one fourth webbed; tips of fingers and 

 toes very sligiitly swollen ; subarticular tubercles strong; a 

 tarsal and two metatarsal tubercles, small and round. The 

 tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the eye. Skin smooth or 

 with small warts on the back. Greyish brown above, with 

 blackish spots and a triangular blackish marking between the 

 eyes, with or without a light vertebral line, or with a broad 

 whitish area, edged with black, covering the top of the head 

 and the back; limbs with dark cross-bars; a white, dark- 

 edged streak along the back of the thighs ; lower parts white, 

 with or without brown spots on the breast. 



From snout to vent 13 mm. 



Four specimens from Bange Ngola. 



Closely allied to A. dispar, Peters. Distinguished by the 

 shorter snout, the more distinct web between the toes, and 

 the less distinct digital expansions. 



12. Rappia marinorata, Rapp. 



Tembo Aluma, Bango, Bange Ngola, Locomi, Canhoca, 

 Golungo Alto, between Benguella and Bihe. 



13. Rappia cinnamomeiventris, Bocage. 



Canhoca. 



This species is, perhaps, not separable from R. picturata, 

 Peters {olivacea^ Peters). 



