11. KAPPIA. 127 



20. Bappia pusilla. 



Crumenifera pusilla, Cope, Proc.*Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 343. 



Snout short, truncate ; tympanum hidden. Fingers one-fourth, 

 toes three-fourths webbed. Skin smooth, transversely areolate on 

 the belly. Pale straw-colour ; a faint brown line on the canthus 

 rostralis. Male with a large vocal vesicle, which is prolonged pos- 

 teriorly, and bound beneath by a median frenum,.on each side of 

 which a plicate pouch projects deeply into the vesicular cavity. 



TJmvoti, W. Africa. 



21. Rappia microps. 



? Hyperolius sugiUatus, Cope, Proc. Ac. PliUad. 1862, p. 342. 

 Hyperolius microps, Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 811, pi. 27. f. 3 ; 



Socage, Jorn. So. Lisb. 1866, i. p. 75. 

 ? Hyperolius heiiglini, Steind. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1864, 



p. 244, pi. 15. f. 4. 

 Eappia microps, Oiinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 481. 



Snout rounded, a little longer than the orbital diameter ; tympa- 

 num hidden. Fingers one-third, toes two-thirds webbed. The 

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

 articulation reaches in front of the eye. Skin smooth, slightly 

 granidar on the belly ; a strong fold across the chest. Light brown 

 above ; a white line along the canthus rostralis, continued behind 

 the eye along the anterior half of the length of the body ; its rostral 

 portion with a dark-brown inferior margin ; a few minute dark- 

 brown dots on the head. Male with a subgular vocal sac and an 

 adhesive disk covering the throat. 



E. Africa. 



a.d- ? Dr. Gunther[P.].l rn,^^„ 



h. S . Zambesi Expedition. Sir J. Kirk [0.]. f ^^P®^' 



22. Rappia nasuta. 



Hyperolius nasutus, Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 482, pi. 83. f. 2. 

 Eappia nasuta, Giinth. P-oe. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 481. 



Snout pointed, produced, longer than the orbital diameter ; tym- 

 panum hidden. Fingers one-third, toes half webbed. The hind 

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

 lation reaches nearly the tip of the snout. Skin smooth, slightly 

 granular on the belly ; no strong fold across the chest. Brownish, 

 with small blackish dots on the head and back. 



Angola. 



u. $ , DucLue de Bragance. Prof. Barhoza du Bocage [P.]. (Type.), 



