444 ME. 6. A. BOTTLENGEB. ON THE [May 8, 



together. Oruosternum and sternum small, cartilaginous. Ter- 

 minal phalanges simple, obtuse. 



26. Dilobates platxcephaltjS, sp. n. (Plate XXVII. fig. 3.) 



Vomerine teeth in two small groups on a line with the posterior 

 borders of the choanse. Head very broad, much broader than the 

 body, depressed, with very oblique lores and temples ; snout 

 rounded ; canthus rostralis distinct ; a loreal coucavity ; nostril 

 equally distant from the eye and the end of the snout; interorbital 

 space as broad as the upper eyelid ; tympanum almost as large as 

 the eye. Fingers and toes rather short, obtuse ; first finger ex- 

 tending beyond second ; subarticular tubercles moderate ; a small, 

 oval, inner metatarsal tubercle. Hind limb slender ; the tibio- 

 tarsal articulation reaches the anterior border of the eye. Skin 

 smooth. Olive above, with small black spots ; a dark cross-band 

 between the eyes, preceded by a yellowish one ; sides of head 

 yellowish, with two dark bars, the first below the nostril, the second 

 below the anterior half of the eye ; fore limb yellowish ; limbs with 

 blackish transverse spots ; lower parts white. 



From snout to vent 26 millim. 



A single specimen from the Benito River (6r. L. Bates). 



27. Rappia fimbriolata Buchh. & Ptrs. 



Hyper dims fimbriolatus, Buchholz & Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 

 1876, p. 121. 



Rappia fimbriolata, Boettg. Ber. Senck. Gres. 1887-88, p. 96. 

 Hob. Ogowe and Loango. 



28. BAPPIA MARHORATA Bapp. 



Hah. Tropical and South Africa. 



29. Bappia ocellata Gthr. 

 Hah. Fernando Po to Angola. 



30. Bappia fusciguba Bocage. 

 Hah. Gaboon to Angola. 



31. Bappia tuberculata Mocq. 



Rappia tuberculata, Mocquard, Bull. Soc. Philom. (8) ix. 1897, 

 p. 18. 



Hob. Ogowe. 



32. Bappia phantastica Blgr. 



Rappia phantastica, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) hi. 1899, 

 p. 274, pi. xi. fig. 2. 



Hob. Benito Biver (O. L. Bates). 



33. Bappia platyceps, sp. n. (Plate XXVII. fig. 4.) 



Head rather large, as long as broad, much depressed ; snout 

 rounded ; loreal region oblique ; interorbital space broader than 



