644 ME. G. A. BOULEXGEB. ON ADBITIOXS TO THE [NoV. 6, 



iFingers moderate, first not extending beyond second ; toes mode- 

 rate, two-tbirds webbed ; subarticnlar tubercles feeble ; a small, 

 elliptic metatarsal tubercle. The tibio-tarsal articulation reaches 

 between the eye and the nostril. Back ^ith narrow, interrupted 

 folds. Ohve above, \\ ith black spots and a j-ellow vertebral stripe ; 

 a bliickish canthal streak and a bro\\n temporal spot ; limbs with 

 blackish cross-bars ; lower parts white. 



From snout to vent 48 millim. 



A single female specimen from near Pietermaritzburg, Natal. 

 Presented by Mr. F. J. Queckett. 



PiLBrNOBATEACHus EASoiDEs. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 2.) 



Tongue with a free conical papilla in the middle. Habit slender. 

 Head as long as broad ; snout obtuse, as long as diameter of orbit, 

 with indistinct canthus ; interorbital space as broad as the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum distinct, two thirds the diameter of the eye. 

 First finger as long as second ; toes two-thirds webbed ; tips of 

 fingers and toes not dilated ; two small metatarsal tubercles ; a 

 small tubercle on the inner side of the tarsus and another higher 

 up below the heel. The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches far 

 beyond the tip of the snout, the tibio-tarsal articulation between 

 the eye and the tip of the snout. Above with small smooth warts, 

 larger on the sides ; no folds. Olive-grey above ; a dai-ker cross- 

 bar between the eyes ; hmbs with fainit darker cross-bars ; hps 

 with dark spots ; lower parts white. 



Fx'om snout to vent 22 millim. 



A single female specimen from near Pietermaritzburg, Natal. 

 Presented by Mr. F. J. Queckett. 



Cassixa obscuea. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 3.) 



Vomerine teeth in two small, obhque, rather indistinct groups 

 between the choanaB. Head once and two fifths as broad as long ; 

 snout rounded, without canthus, hardly as long as the diameter of 

 the orbit ; interorbital space as broad as the upper ej-elid ; tym- 

 panum hidden. Fingers moderate, first shorter than second ; toes 

 moderate, one-third webbed ; a very indistinct metatarsal tubercle. 

 The tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the jDOsterior border of 

 the orbit. Above with flat smooth warts, beneath with large 

 granules. Dark olive above, sides hghter, with numerous roundish 

 chestnut-brown spots ; a white (red ?) inguinal spot ; grejish 

 brown beneath, with small dark brown spots. Male with a large, 

 black, external vocal sac on each side of a subcircular gular disk. 



From snout to vent 39 millim. 



A single male specimen from Let Merafia, Shoa, received from 

 the Marquis Doria. 



Htlambates millsoxii. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 4.) 



A'omerine teeth in two small groups between the choanse. 

 Head a little broader than long ; snout as long as the diameter of 



