480 ME. G. A. BOULBNGER ON SOUTH-AFRICAN [^^J 28, 



*3. BuFO CARENS A. Smith. 



Legogot, Wooclbush, Ooguno. 



Specimens from Port Elizabeth, which I have kept alive, were 

 of an olive colour, with the lateral fold, the larger warts, and the 

 loreal region brick-red ; iris golden, much obscured by black 

 vermiculations. 



**4. BuFO TAiTANus Peters. 



Beira. 



This little Toad, remarkable for the absence of the tympanum 

 and the eustachian tubes, was only known from Somaliland, 

 Taita, and the east coast of Lake Tanganyika. 



*5. Phrynomantis bifasctata a. Smith. 

 Beira. 



*(3. Breviceps verrucosus Rapp. 

 Knysna. 



*7. Breviceps mossambicus Peters. 

 Zoutspansburg. 



*8. Hemisus marmoratum Peters. 

 Beira. 



**9. Rana ruddi, sp. n. (Plate XXII. fig. 1.) 



Yomerine teeth in two small groups close to the inner borders 



of the chcanse. Head feebly depressed, as long as broad ; snout 



rounded, feebly projecting beyond the mouth, a little shoi'ter than 



the orbit ; canthus rostralis obtuse ; loreal region concave ; nostril 



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



interorbital region narrower than the upper eyelid ; tympanum 



very distinct, a little smaller than the eye. Fingers very short, 



obtusely pointed, first extending as far as second ; toes short, 



obtuse, one-third webbed ; subarticular tubercles of fingers and 



toes feeble; a large, compressed, very prominent, shovel-shaped 



inner metatarsal tubercle, at least as long as the inner toe. The 



tarso-metatarsal articulation reaches the eye. Skin of upper 



parts with flat smooth warts of unequal size ; a very indistinct 



dorso-lateral fold ; lower parts smooth, sides of belly feebly 



areolate. Dark brown above, with light, yellowish streaks on the 



head and body, viz., a narrow vertebral line, a broader band from 



the end of the snout along the ca,nthus rostralis and the outer 



border of the upper eyelid to above the tympanum, where it 



bifurcates, the upper branch extending to above the vent, the 



lower running obliquely to the groin ; usually a yellowish bar 



across the occiput ; a yellowish streak along the upper lip ; a 



white oblique line in front of the eye and a white circle round the 



tympanum ; limbs with dark and pale bars ; hinder side of thighs 



yellowish, marbled with black ; throat and breast dark brown, or 



