On new Reptih'a from Mashonaland. 47 



dark brown spots or marblings ; a broad dark angular or 

 curved band from one eyelid to the other across the back of 

 tiie head and a narrow straight dark streak across the forehead, 

 between the anterior borders of the upper eyelids ; upper lip, 

 limbs, and lower parts white. 



mm. 



From snout to vent 48 



Head 13 



AN'idth of head 17 



Diameter of eye 6 



Inteiorbital width 2h 



"Width of mouth lii' 



Fore limb 22 



Hand . . 10 



Hind limb 30 



Foot 13 



I am indebted to my friend ]\Ir. L. Peringuey, Director of 

 the South African Museum, for three specimens of this most 

 distinct new species,, one of which he has kindly presented to 

 the British Museum. Mr. Peringuey, who has been able to 

 keep them alive for some time, writes to me that they spend 

 the whole day buried in damp sand. At night the pupil, which 

 contracts to a narrow horizontal slit, expands over nearly the 

 whole eye. Like B. gihbosus, this frog, when teased, or 

 merely touched, inflates its body tremendously and utters 

 shrill screams — a habit which seems to be frequent amono- 

 burrowing batrachians whatever their affinities. Unlike 

 B. gibhosusj B. macrops does not cover itself with a viscous 

 secretion when alarmed. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE II. 

 Breviceps macrops, adult and half-gi-own. 



VII. — Descriptions 0/ a new Toad and a new Aniphishcenid 

 from Mashonaland. By G. A. BOULENGER, F.R.S. 



[Plate III.] 



In November last I had the jdeasure of drawing attention in 

 these 'Annals' to the Chirinda Forest in S.E. Mashonaland, 

 whore j\Ir, Guy H. K. Marshall had discovered a new 

 chama.'leoii of the genus Rhampholeon. I remarked that its 

 reptile and batrachian fauna, when explored, was likely to 

 attbrd further startling additions to South-African herpetology. 



