52 On new Reptiles and BatracMans. 



num hidden. Fingers and toes free, tips not dilated. Outer 

 metatarsals united. No prsecoracoids ; coracoids slender ; 

 sternum extremely small, cartilaginous. Diapophysis of sacral 

 vertebra strongly dilated. 



Cacosternum nanum. 



Habit ranoid. Head of moderate size ; snout rounded, 

 without canthus rostralis ; loreal region slightly concave ; 

 interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid. Fingers 

 and toes slender, with obtuse tips and strong subarticular 

 tubercles ; first finger shorter than second ; a rudiment of 

 web between the toes ; a round inner metatarsal tubercle ; no 

 tarsal fold. Tarso-metatarsal articulation reaching the tip 

 of the snout. Skin smooth ; a strong fold from the eye to 

 the shoulder. Pale olive or greyish above, with darker spots, 

 forming more or less distinct cross-bands on the limbs ; a dark 

 temporal spot, edged with whitish inferiorly; throat and 

 lower surface of legs grey, with a whitish network ; belly 

 whitish, with a few large grey spots, and on each side a few 

 smaller black ones. Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



Two male specimens, measuring 19 millim. from snout to 

 vent, from Vleis, Kaffraria ; presented by F. P. M. Weale, 

 Esq. 



Bufo Mueller I. 



Closely allied to B. pulcher, Blgr. Crown without bony 

 ridges ; snout short, obliquely truncate, with perpendicular 

 lores ; interorbital space broader than the upper eyelid ; tym- 

 panum very indistinct. Fingers rather long, somewhat 

 widening and truncate at the end, first much shorter than 

 second; toes rather short, webbed to the tips, which are 

 slightly swollen ; metatarsal tubercles two, fiat and very 

 indistinct ; the membrane bordering the inner toe extends as 

 a fine fold along the tarsus. The tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaches the anterior border of the orbit. Skin nearly smooth 

 above, granular inferiorly ; no parotoids. Black above, with 

 lighter wavy lines or marblings, and with round white dots 

 on the sides and limbs ; throat and belly marbled with brown. 

 Male with a subgular vocal sac. 



From snout to vent 30 millim. 



A single male specimen from Mindanao, Philippine Islands. 

 Received from the Natural History Museum of Basle. I 

 have named the species in honour of my friend Dr. F. Miiller, 

 the learned curator to whose efforts is due the prominent posi- 

 tion now held by the Herpetological Collection of the Basle 

 Museum. 



