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KANID^. 



entirely webbed. The hind limb being carried forwards along the 

 body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches in front of the eye. Skin 

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

 chest. Upper parts brown, finely white-dotted ; thighs not coloured. 

 ? 



a, h-c. 5 . Africa. (Types.) 



17. Rappia? bocagii. 



Hyperolius booagei, Steind. Novara, Amph. p. 61, pi. 5. f. 11. 



Head much depressed : 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 articulation reaches the tip of the snout. Above with 

 a few flat warts ; throat and beUy granular. Light brown above, 

 minutely speckled with blackish. 



Angola. 



18. Rappia rutenbergii. 



Hyperolius rutenbergi, Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1881, p. 47, and Abh. Ver. 

 Brem. vii. p. 189. 



Snout short, subacuminate ; tympanum hidden. Fingers one- 

 fourth, toes half webbed. Skin smooth, granular on the beUy. 

 Blackish grey above, with five longitudinal white stripes ; thighs 

 not coloured. 



Madagascar. 



19. Rappia cinctiveutris. 



Hyperolius cinctivenlris, Cope, Proc. Ac. PMlad, 1862, p. 842; 



Boettg. Abhandl. Senckenb. Ges. xii. p. 112. 

 citrinus, Cfilnth. Proc. Zool. Sac. 1864, p. 311, pi. 27. f. 2 ; 



Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1866, p. 891. 



granidosus, Peters, I. c. 



Eappia citrina, Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 481. 



Hyperolius glandicolor, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1878, p. 208, pi. 2. 



I. c7. 



Snout rounded, as long as the orbital diameter; tympanum 

 hidden. Fingers webbed at the base; toes two-thirds webbed. 

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

 articulation reaches in front of the eye. Upper parts with small 

 scattered tubercles ; throat tubercular ; belly and under surface of 

 thighs granular ; a more or less distinct fold surrounding the median 

 abdominal region. Uniform yellowish above ; thighs, under sur- 

 face of Umbs, and sides of belly brown or blackish. Male with a 

 subgular vocal sac, but no adhesive disk. 



Tropical Africa. 



a. c?. Senegal. Mr. Whitfield [P.]. ) Types of ZT. ce- 



b. ^ . Zambesi Expedition. Dr. Livingstone [P.]. ( trinm. 



c. iS . King-Williamstown. li. Trevelyan, Esq. [P.]. 



