480 DR. A. GUNTHER ON NEW BATRACHIANS. [Nov. 8, 
commence behind each superciliary, and converge towards those of 
the other side, curving again outwards behind the nape. Limbs of 
moderate length : the second finger is shorter than the first, and the 
fourth shorter than the second, the third being the longest. The 
distance between the vent and heel is scarcely less than the length 
of the body; tarsus with a longitudinal fold; metatarsal tubercle 
compressed, well developed ; toes webbed at the base only ; the third 
a little longer than the fifth. Lower parts of the body smooth. 
The upper parts of the head and body are variegated with reddish 
olive and dark brown, all the dark-brown markings having narrow 
whitish edges. ‘Two dark-brown bands, the posterior of which is sub- 
triangular, cross the interorbital region. A large subquadrangular 
space between the inner nuchal folds is reddish olive, with: some 
darker markings; the band-like space between the nuchal folds 
of each side is dark brown; the foremost part of the snout, a spot 
below the orbit, tympanum, numerous irregular spots om the hinder 
part of the body, and, finally, cross bands on the fore and hind limbs 
are dark brown. Lower parts uniform white. 
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Length of the body...... : Me ae we fax lces 
Width between the angles of the mouth ......... (3 
Diameter, af the eye.n 4. $4. 2 f9.4% Sraifiartenh Sere f 2 
Length of fore limb.. note galan 
of third toe (from base at metacarpus). . 4 
a of hind mb) kee een sek tes dee ee 29 
Distance between vent and heel . Be, 17 
Length of fourth toe (from the base at metatarsus) 9 
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Two specimens of this species were collected by Dr. Welwitsch at 
Pungo Andongo (Angola).* 
PHRYNOBATRACHUS NATALENSIS. 
This species occurs also on the west coast ; however, specimens from 
Angola have the toes a little more slender than those from Natal. 
Snout rather pointed, somewhat longer than the diameter of the 
eye (without canthus rostralis), the loreal region obliquely sloping 
outwards. No fold in front or behind the orbit. Choanee and eusta- 
chian openings very small; tongue narrow, deeply notched behind. 
Tympanum indistinct, small. Upper parts with flat, smooth tuber- 
* The celebrated traveller and botanist, Dr. Welwitsch, has presented to the 
British Museum a very interesting collection of reptiles from the different pro- 
vinces of Angola which he visited :—Crocodilus vulgaris, from Pungo Andongo ; 
Monitor niloticus, from Condo; Scelotes bipes, L., Agama occipitalis, Gray, Cha- 
meleo senegalensis, from Condo; Chameleo tuberculiferus, Gray, from Mossa- 
medes; Dasypeltis palmarum, Leach, Psammophis oxyrhynchus, Reinhardt, from 
Pungo Andongo; Ahetulla irregularis, Leach, Boodon lineatus, Gthr., Causus 
rhombeatus, Wazl., Dendraspis welwitschii, Gthr., Atractaspis irregularis, Reinh. 
(this specimen has the five anterior subcaudal shields entire, and the other seven- 
teen divided! it is from Pungo Andongo); Clothe arietans, Merr., and Vipera 
caudalis, Smith, from Mossamedes; Dactylethra levis and Hyperolius marmora- 
tus, Rapp, from Huilla, from 5000 to 6000 feet above the level of the sea; Rana 
oxyrhyncha, Sundey.; Bufo pantherinus, Boie. 
