11. EAPPIA. 123 



limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches the eye. Skin smooth, granular on the belly ; no 

 strong fold across the chest. Light brown above ; a white, black- 

 edged streak from the upper eyelid to the tip of the snout, sometimes 

 continued along the side of the body ; back with large white, 

 black-edged, rounded spots, or small black spots ; thighs not coloured. 

 E. Africa. 



a. 2 ■ Zambesi Expedition. Sir J. Kirk [P.]. 



b-c. 5 . Zambesi Kiver. 



7. Eappia salinsB. 



Eucnemis salinse, Bianc. Spec. Zool. Mossamh., Rept. p. 24, t. 5. f. 2. 

 Rappia salinse, Giinth. Proc. Zool. 8oc. 1868, p. 479. 



Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter ; tympanum 

 hidden. Fingers half webbed ; toes nearly entirely webbed. The 

 hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches in front of the eye. Skin smooth, granular on 

 the belly ; no strong fold across the chest. Uniform greyish brown 

 above. Male with a subgular vocal sac and an adhesive disk 

 covering the throat. 



E. Africa. * 



a, h, ii. cJ 5 . Zambesi Expedition. Dr. Livingstone [P.]. 



8. Rappia lagoensis. 



Rappia lagoensis, Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 487, pi. 40. f. 2. 

 Hyperolius lagoensis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1875, p. 207.- 



Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter; tympanum 

 hidden. Fingers half webbed ; toes entirely webbed. The hind 

 limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal articu- 

 lation reaches between the eye and the tip of the snout. Skin 

 smooth, granular on the belly; no strong fold across the chest, 

 Brownish above, coarsely reticulated with blackish ; a black streak 

 along the canthus rostralis ; upper surface of limbs spotted with 

 black, 



W. Africa. 



a. 



9 . Lagos. H. T. Ussher, Esq. [C.]. ) ry 



b.2- "W.Africa 



9. Kappia ocellata. 



Hyperolius ocellatus, Gunth. Cat. p. 88, pi. vii. f. B. 



Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter; tympanum 

 hidden. Fingers two-thirds webbed; toes entirely webbed. The 

 hind limb being carried forwards along the body, the tibio-tarsal 

 articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Skin smooth, granular on 



