On neio South- American Batrachiant. 427 



tlie third at the base of tlie caudal ; a fouith black spot 

 above the anterior rays of the anal. 



Total length 30 mm. 



Allied to B. irispilojyiimus, Blgr., from the Ogowe aud 

 Lower Congo. 



Andersonia pellegrini. 



Depth of body 9 times in total length, lengtli of head 

 6 times. Head H tin)cs as long as broad; snout obtusely 

 pointed, as long as postocubir part of head, 3 times as long 

 as diameter of eye, which is ? interorl)ital width. Maxillary 

 barbel twice as long as inner mandibular, and | length of 

 head. Median occipital process 3^ times as long as bioad, 

 narrower tiian and 1\ times the length of the laterals. 

 Dorsal I 6, twice as distant Irom end of snout as frum cauda', 

 first ray as long as head. Anal 9. Pectoral | length of 

 head. Caudal peduncle a litilc more than \ of tiie total 

 length. 2-4 dorsal and 21 ventral scutes, the last 9 on 

 caudal peduncle. Greyish above, with fuur rather indistinct 

 dark bars across the back ; dorsal blackish in the distal 

 third. 



Total length 42 mm. 



Closely allied to A. hptura, Blgr. Distinguished by the 

 smaller eye and the dittcrent |)r()portions ot the occi|)ital 

 processes. 



Named in honour of the distinguished author of the 

 ' Poissons du Bassin du Tchad.'* 



XLI. — JJescriptions of ntw South- American Batrachiaus. 

 By G. A. BOULENGER, F.K.S. 



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



Phyllohates Hngsburyi. 



Head slightly longer than broad. Snout rounded-sub- 

 truncate, projecting beyond the mouth, as long as the orbit ; 

 loreal region vertical ; nostril nearer the tip of the snout than 

 tlie eye; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid; 

 tympanum very distinct, half the diameter of the eye, 3 to 4 

 limes its distance from the latter. Fingers moderate, first 

 and second equal, or first slightly the longer ; disks rather 



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