11. BAPPIA. 125 



distinct. Kngers one-third, toes two-thirds webbed. The hind 

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

 lation reaches the eye. Green above ; sides of the body and upper 

 sides of thighs with large white, dark brown-edged spots. 

 Madagascar. 



13. Bappia steindachneri. 



Hyperolius steiudachneri, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. 1866, i. p. 75. 

 Rappia steindachneri, Qiinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 479. 



Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter j tympanum 

 slightly distinct. Fingers half webbed, toes entirely webbed. The 

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

 articulation reaches the eye. Skin smooth, granular on the beUy 

 and under the thighs ; no strong fold across the chest. Upper surface 

 of head and back pinkish orange ; sides Tinaceous red ; lower sur- 

 faces, flanks, and upper surface of thighs dark purplish brown, 

 with round white spots. 



W. Africa. 



a. ?. Old Calabar. 



14. Eappia tuberilinguis. 



Hyperolius tuberilinguis, (Sundev.) Smith, III. S. Afr., Mept., App. 

 p. 26; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1870, p. 115, pi. 1. f. 3. 



Tongue with two conical papillse in front. Snout rounded, as 

 long as the orbital diameter; tympanum hidden. Fingers one- 

 third, toes two-thirds webbed. The hind limb being carried forwards 

 along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the tip of the 

 snout. Skin smooth above. Above immaculate. 



Eaffraria. 



15. Eappia reticulata. 



Hyperolius retieulatus, Gunth. P)-oc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 482, pi. 33. 

 Eappia reticulata, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 480. 



Eesembles very much B. gutttdata, but the tympanum is visible. 

 Upper parts densely covered with round white spots, separated from 

 one another by the brown ground-colour, which appears as a regular 

 network ; thighs not coloured. 



? 



a. $. P (Type.) 



16. Eappia guttulata. 



Hyperolius guttulatus, Ounth. Cat. p. 86, pi. vii. f. A. 



Head miuch depressed ; snout rounded, a little longer than the 

 orbital diameter; tympanum hidden. Fingers half webbed; toes 



