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somewhat the descriptions of the authors. I was able to identify 

 as one species two that had previously been considered different. 



I add to these observations the description of a new species 

 from German East Africa, the type of which is preserved in the 

 Basle Museum, and conclude this paper with a key for the deter- 

 mination of all the known species of the genus. 



I am happy on this occasion to express my best thanks to 

 Dr. Mocquard, of Paris, who was so kind as to allow me to 

 examine the types of the species described by him. I am also 

 much obliged to Prof. Boettger, of Frankfort a/M., and to Prof. 

 Tornier, of Berlin. The former has been kind enough to send 

 to me the type of his JSf. exigita which is preserved in the 

 Senckenberg Musexim ; to the latter I am indebted f(^r the 

 loan of the types of two species in the Berlin Museum. I am 

 particularly indebted to Mr. G. A. Boulenger, who has obligingly 

 placed at my disposal the valuable collection in the British 

 Museum (Natural History), and has been so kind as to verify the 

 work done in his laboratory. 



1. Nectophryne afra B. &. P. 



Buchh. & Peters, Mon. Berl. Akad. 1875, p. 202, pi. ii. f. 5. 

 Boulenger, Cat. of Batrach. Sal. p. 279. 



Examined : The type specimen (Berlin Museum) : Cameroon. 

 6 specimens (Brit. Mus.) : Efulen, S. Cameroon, 

 and Rio Benito. 

 This species occupies quite a special place as regards its webbed 

 fingei'S, the subarticular tubercles of which imitate small lamellae. 



2. Nectophryne misera Mocq. 



Mocquard, Le Naturaliste, 1890, no. 82, p. 182; Kouv. Arch. 

 Museum Paris, ser. 3, torn. ii. p. 161, pi. xi. f. 7. 



Examined in Paris Museum : Type specimen, N". Borneo. 



In Brit. Mus. : 10 specimens from Paka-Paka, 10,000 feet, 

 Kina-Balu, N. Borneo. 



This species has also strongly webbed fingers, but no sub- 

 articular tubercles. Sometimes the tibio-tarsal articulation does 

 not quite reach the tympanum. 



3. Nectophryne hosii Blgr. (Plate II. fig. 1.) 

 Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 508, pi. xxx. fig. 2. 

 Examined in Brit. Mus. : — 



Type specimen ( d ). Mt. Dulit, N. Borneo. 



2 specimens ( d $ ). Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. 



2 c? . La was, Brunei. 



1 d" . Head- waters of Sarawak R. 



1 d , 2 5 • Sarawak. 



1 2 ■ Tandjong, S.E. Borneo. 



1 2 ■ Akai' River, Sal•a^\'ak. 



