564 M. G. A. BOULENGER ON THE [Nov. 16, 



B. maculatus, the term cinereus having been applied to our common 

 toad by Schneider and Daudiu. 



This species is described in Seetzen's ' Voyage in Syria, Palestine, 

 and Egypt,' and named Rana mosaica. It is easy to recognize it 

 by the not very technical description of Seetzeu. We see that the 

 tympanum is oval, the first finger longer than the second, the throat 

 blackish, the latter character being evidently only applicable to 

 males. If we consider that Egypt is inhabited by only two species 

 oi Bufo (B. regularis and B. viridis), and that the latter never exhibits 

 a blackish throat, that its tympanum is round, and not oval, and that 

 the disproportion between the thumb and the index is too shght to 

 have been noticed by a naturalist such as Seetzen, we cannot doubt 

 that the identification of R. mosaica and S. regularis is correct. 

 Desirous, however, to have further information on this subject, 

 I wrote to Prof. Peters, in Berlin, who has answered me that 

 Seetzen's collection has not been preserved. 



Dr. Giinther, in his ' Catalogue of Batrachia Salientia,' 1858, 

 admits two African species besides B. tuberosus, viz. B, pantherinus 

 and B. guineensis. The former corresponds to B. mauritanicus and 

 B. regularis typus and var. B, the latter to B. regularis var. A. 

 M. Lataste has, through the kindness of Prof. Schlegel and Dr. 

 Steindachner, examined the types of B. pantherinus, Boie MS., 

 B. guiiieensis, Schlegel MS., and B, nubicus, Fitzinger, MS., and has 

 found them identical with B. regularis typus. 



I have not employed for this species the name of pantherinus, 

 because this MS. name, though first intended for it by Boie, has been 

 applied to two or more very distinct species, and would therefore 

 be a source of confusion. 



6. BuFO ANGusTiCEPs, Smith. 



Bufo pantherinus, part., Dumeril and Bibron, Erp. Gen. viii. 

 p. 6S7 (1841). 



Bufo angusticeps. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr. pi. 69. f. 1 (1849); 

 Giinther, Cat. Batr. Sal. p. 59 (1858). 



Bufo gariepensis. Smith, I. c. pi. 69. f. 2. 



Characters. — Crown of the head without bony ridges. Snout 

 short, blunt. Interorbital space rather narrow. Tympanum very 

 small, round, distinct. Parotoids generally small, elliptic or snb- 

 oval, depressed. Fingers short, with single or two-rowed sub- 

 articular tubercles ; first not extending beyond second. Hind limbs 

 short; no parotoid-like gland on the calf ; cutaneous fold on the 

 inner edge of the tarsus more or less distinct, or entirely absent ; 

 toes short, webbed at the base, with single or two-rowed sub- 

 articular tubercles. Upper parts with irregular, depressed, dis- 

 tinctly porous warts. Brown or olive, spotted or marbled above ; 

 generally a yellowish vertebral line ; beneath whitish, generally 

 immaculate. Male with a little-developed subgular vocal sac. 



