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fewer scales in the lateral line ; also from the first two by the 

 weak third simple dorsal ray, and from the third in the smaller 

 mouth with thinner lips, 



4. Olarias gariepinus Smith. 



BATRACHIANS. 



1. Xexopus L.EVIS Daud, 



2. BuFo regularis Reuss, 



3. Breviceps mossambicus Peters. 



4. Rana adspersa Bibr. 



5. Raxa axgolensis Bocage. 



6. Rana DARLING!, sp. n. (Plate III, fig. 1.) 



Vomerine teeth in two slightly oblique, oval groups close 

 together, just behind the level of the choanal. Head moderate, 

 depressed ; snout as long as the diameter of the orbit, obtusely 

 acuminate, projecting; nostril a little nearer the end of the snout 

 than the eye ; loreal region slightly concave ; interorbital space a 

 little narrower than the uppei- eyelid ; tympanum very distinct, 

 nearly as large as the eye. Fingers and toes moderate, with 

 blunt tips ; first finger extending a little beyond second ; toe8 

 two-thirds w^ebbed ; subarticular tubercles small; a small oval 

 inner metatarsal tubercle and a very indistinct, round outer one. 

 The tibio-tarsal articulation i-eaches between the eye and the tip 

 of the snout. Skin smooth ; no distinct dorso-lateral fold. Pale 

 grey above, black on the sides, the limit between the two shades 

 sharply defined ; a white labial streak from the tip of the snout 

 to the arm ; limbs freckled and spotted with dark brown ; throat 

 and bieast grey-brown, belly marbled with grey-brown. 

 " Fi-om snout to vent 53 millim. 

 Two female specimens. 



7. Phrynobatrachus natalensis Smith, 



8. Rappia marmorata Rapp. 



REPTILES. 



1. Stbrnoth^rus sixTjATus Smith. 



2. HoMOPus DARLiNGi, sp. n. (Plate IV,) 



Shell depressed, more than twice as long as deep, of subeqiial 

 depth throughout, posterior margin feebly serrated ; dorsal shields 

 not swollen, with deep concentric grooves; a moderate-sized 

 nuchal ; vertebral shields broader than long, as broad as or a 

 little _ broader than the costal s ; anterior plastral lobe truncate 

 and I the width of the bridge, posterior slightly notched and 

 about. I that width ; suture between the abdominal shields 



