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and may measure three-fourths its diameter ; the parotoids ai'e 

 flat and very indistinct, broken up into several glands ; the 

 subarticular tubercles are double, and there is no trace of a tarsal 

 fold. The limbs are shorter than in B. carens and the white 

 rhomboidal spot on the vertebral line, which does not exist in 

 B. carens, appears to be constant ; black spots are always present 

 on the belly. 



5. Rana delalaxdii D. & B. 

 Durban Road. 



6. Raxa fuscigula D. & B. 

 Klipfontein. 



7. Raxa angolensis Bocage. 



Eshowe, Sibudeni, Wakkerstroom. 



The vocal sacs of the males form longitudinal folds on the sides 

 of the throat. 



8. Rana biascareniensis D. & B. 



Sibudeni. 



This species had not previously been recoi'ded from iSouth Africa. 

 In the five specimens from Sibudeni the tibio-tarsal articulation 

 reaches beyond the tip of the snout ; a light vertebral stripe and 

 a light line along the tibia are ]3resent. 



9. Rana grayi A. Smith. 



Durban Road, Klipfontein, Sibudeni, iSTgoye Hills. 



10. Rana fasciata Tsch. 

 Sibudeni. 



The longitudinal folds and the dark stripes on the back are 

 absent in the single specimen. 



11. Phrynobatrachus natalensis a. Smith. 

 Sibudeni. 



12. Arthkoleptis wahlbergii a. Smith. 



Sibudeni and Hluhluwe Stream. The British Museum has 

 also received a specimen from Pietermaritzburg, through Mr, 

 Quekett. 



REPTILIA. 



Chelonia. 



1. SternotHoErus sinuatus a. Smith. 



Umfulosi Station. 



A single half-grown specimen, the shell measuring 110 millim. 



As pointed out by me in 1896*, this species is very variable and 



* Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xvii. p. 15. 



