70 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on Two closely allied 



times in length of head, 1 to 1£ times in interorbital width, 

 and a little exceeds prseorbital depth ; mouth extending to 

 between nostril and eye ; teeth small, in 3 or 4 series, 40 to 

 60 in outer series of upper jaw ; 3 or 4 series of scales on 

 the cheek, width of scaly part a little less than diameter of 

 eye. Gill-rakers short, tubercular, 7 to 9 on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal XIV-XVI 9-11; spines increasing 

 in length to the last, which measures § to ^ length of head ; 

 longest soft rays shorter than head. Anal III 7-8 ; third 

 spine as long as last dorsal. Pectoral § to f length of head, 

 not reaching origin of anal. Ventral produced into a fila- 

 ment, reaching vent, origin of anal, or a little beyond. 

 Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle a little deeper than long. 

 Scales cycloid, 27-29 ^i > l atera l l mes T^~« Brown above, 

 yellowish beneath ; a more or less distinct dark band from 

 the eye to the root of the caudal, crossed by 7 to 9 rather 

 faint dark bars, which expand into round black spots where 

 they meet the lateral band on the caudal part of the body ; 

 dorsal with round dark spots and a black and white edge ; 

 anal with round dark spots, which often form oblique bands ; 

 caudal with numerous dark bars, the upper rays with a black 

 and white edge ; ventrals white. 



Total length 105 mm. 



Several specimens. Also obtained by Mr. Bates in the 

 Ja and Bumbe Rivers. 



Very closely allied to P. nigrofasciatus, Pellegr. Distin- 

 guished by fewer gill-rakers and by the coloration. 



VIIT. — On the Presence of Two closely allied Species of Toads 

 of the Genus Nectophryne in Cameroon. By G. A. 

 Boulenger, F.R.S. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of tbe British Museum.) 



A FEW years ago Mr. G. L. Bates pointed out to me that 

 two distinct though very closely allied species of Nectophryne 

 occur together near Bitye, and are to be distinguished by the 

 shape of the snout. I felt some diffidence at first in pro- 

 posing a new name for the individuals differing from Peters's 

 figure of N. afra by the shorter and less prominent snout ; 

 but a considerable number of specimens since received from 

 Mr. Bates compel me to endorse his opinion that the Bitye 

 specimens should be referred to two species ; the short-snouted 



