48 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on 



A small collection^ incliuling examples of only two species, 

 was since made there by Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton, and 

 has been presented by him to the British Museum. The 

 following descriptions show that there was some foundation 

 for my optimisn). 



Bufo anotis. (PI. III.) 



Crown without bony ridges; head as long as broad ; snout 

 jjointed, jjrc^jecting beyond the mouth, with strong canthus ; 

 loreal region nearly vertical, concave ; interorbital space flat^ 

 a little broader than the upper eyelid ; no tympanum, no 

 eustachian tubes. Fingers short, blunt, with strong double 

 subarticular tubercles, first and second equal ; toes short, oue- 

 third webbed, the web covered with coarse granules ; sub- 

 articular tubercles under the fourth toe double and very 

 prominent; two round, subconical, metatarsal tubercles; no 

 tarsal fold. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the posterior 

 border of the eye. Upper and lower parts covered with small 

 smooth warts; parotoid glands very large, moderately promi- 

 nent but well defined, only a little longer than broad, extending 

 on the sides to the base of the arm. Upper parts brown and 

 sides of head and body blackish, or entirely blackish above ; 

 limbs, if light-coloured, witii blackish cross-bars; lower parts 

 bright gamboge-yellow, the breast speckled with black. 

 Male without vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 40 mm. 



Three male specimens, in nuptial dress, from small holes 

 containing water at the foot of large trees. 



This remarkable new toad agrees with B. Preussi, Matschie, 

 and B. taitanus, Peters, in the absence of a tympanum. It 

 is readily distinguished from the former by the warty integu- 

 ment and the distinct parotoid glands, from the latter by the 

 more pointed snout with less oblique lores and the much 

 larger parotoids extending down the sides. 



Chieindia, gen. nov. 



Distinguished from Amphishcena by the absence of an 

 ocular shield, the eye being situated under the posterior part 

 of a large shield (nasal + labial -|-prfflfroutal + ocular) covering 

 each side of the snout, and by the absence of pn^anal pores. 

 Teeth very small. 



Chirindia Swynnertoni. 



A small triangular rostral, a pair of large shields covering 

 ths snout, a pair of small frontals in contact with a large 



