2. BANA. 31 



hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the metatarsal 

 tubercle reaches nearly the tip of the snout. Skin smooth. Greyish 

 brown above, dark-marbled ; sides of head dark, with a vertical light 

 spot between eye and nostril ; legs cross-barred. 

 S. Africa; Madagascar. 



a. 



? . Natal. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



6. ¥ . Madagascar. 



24. Eana cordofana. 



Pyxicephalus cordofanua, Steindachn. Novara, Amph. p. 8. 



Tongue less emarginate. Lower jaw with tooth-like prominences 

 in front. Head moderate ; snout rather long ; tympanum rather 

 indistinct. Toes incompletely webbed, fourth nearly twice as long 

 as third ; inner metatarsal tubercle shovel-like, very large ; a small 

 tubercle opposite to it. Grey above, brown-marbled. 



Cordofan. 



25. Rana delalandii. 



Tomopterna delalandii, Gunth. Cat. p. 7. 

 Tomopterna marmorata, Giinth. I. c. 

 Pyxicephalus delalandii, {Bibr.) Tschudi, Batr. p. 84 ; Dum. ^ Bibr. 

 p. 446, pi. 87. fig. 1; Smith, III. S. Afr., Eept., App. p. 23; Stein^ 

 dachn. Novara, Amph. p. 8. 

 marmoratus, Peters, Arch. f. Naturg. 1855, p. 66. 



Vomerine teeth in two oblique groups extending a little beyond 

 the hinder edge of the choanse. Habit stout. Head short ; snout 

 rounded ; interorbital space narrower than the upper eyelid ; tym- 

 panum distinct, half the size of the eye. Eingers moderate, first 

 extending a little beyond second; toes moderate, half webbed ; sub- 

 articular tubercles . of fingers and toes moderate ; inner metatarsal 

 tubercle shovel-like, two thirds the length of the second toe ; an 

 indistinct outer metatarsal tubercle. The bind limb being carried 

 forwards along the body, the metatarsal tubercle reaches a little 

 beyond the eye. Skin .of the upper surfaces with smooth rounded 

 warts. Olive or brown above, often with one or three light dorsal 

 Unes ; throat of the males brown. Male with an internal subgular 

 vocal sac. 



8. and E. Africa. 



a. S- S. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



h. Young. S. Africa. 



c-h. cJ , ? , & yg. Cape of Good Hope. Sir A. Smith [P.l 



i. Young. Near Antolo. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



