472 ADDENDA. 



tibia and another encircling tarsus deep orange. From snout to 

 vent 26 millim. 

 Madagascar. 

 a-h. $. East Betsileo. Rev. Deans Oowan [0.]. 



Page 158. CALOPHRYNUS. 



Third line of generic diagnosis, for " Tympanum distinct " read 

 " Tympanum distinct or hidden." 



Add a new species : — 



3. Calophrynus madagascariensis. 



Snout short, rounded ; canthus rostralis ohtuse ; loreal region 

 oblique, slightly concave ; interorbital space as broad as the upper 

 eyelid ; tympanum hidden. Fingers moderate, pointed, first a little 

 shorter than second ; toes moderate, pointed, one-third webbed ; sub- 

 articular tubercles very indistinct ; inner metatarsal tubercle large, 

 shovel-shapod ; no outer tubercle. Limbs very short ; the hind limb 

 being carried forwards along the body, the tarso-metatarsal articu- 

 lation reaches the shoulder. Skin smooth above, slightly granulate 

 beneath. Olive above, with large insuliform dark, light-edged spots, 

 which themselves include numerous small light insuliform spots ; 

 beneath white, with scattered blackish spots. Prom snout to vent 

 55 millim. 



Madagascar. 



a. 5 . East BetsUeo. Rev. Deans Cowan [0.]. 



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 6ffl. SCAPHIOPHEYNE. 



Pupil horizontal. TongTie elliptic, entire, and free behind. 

 Vomerine teeth none. A. transverse dermal ridge in front of the 

 cesophagus, and another curved One in front of this. No tympanic 

 disk. Pingers free, the tips dilated into large disks ; toes webbed 

 at the base, the tips not dilated. Outer metatarsals united. Pre- 

 coracoids present, weak ; no omosternum ; sternum cartilaginous. 

 Diapophyses of sacral vertebra feebly dilated. Terminal phalanges 

 of fingers T-shaped, of toes simple. 



Madagascar. 



1. Scaphiophryne marmorata. 



Head smal 1 ; snout very short, truncate ; loreal region vertical ; 

 interorbital space as broad as the upper eyelid. First finger shorter 

 than second ; disks heart-shaped ; toes slightly webbed at the base ; 

 metatarsal tubercles feebly developed ; a large, shovel-shaped meta- 

 tarsal tubercle ; a small tarsal tubercle below the tibio-tarsal arti- 

 culation. The hind Umb being carried -forwards along the body. 



