ABBEKDA. 475 



Olive above, marbled with darker ; tibia and tarsus regularly oross- 

 barred; lower surfaces dirty white. From snout to vent 29 

 millim. 



Madagascar. 



«;. 2 ■ East Betsileo. Rev. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



The genus Cophyla is characterized as follows : — 



5. COPHYLA. 



Cophyla, Boettger, Zool. Anz. 1880, p. 281, and Abh. Senck. Ges. xii. 

 p. 616. 



Pupil horizontal. Tongue large, entire, g,nd free behind. Vome- 

 rine teeth in a single median group behind the level of the choanse. 

 Tympanum hidden. Fingers free ; toes with a rudiment of web, 

 the tips dilated into large disks, which are divided on their upper 

 stirface by a longitudinal groove. Osteological characters unknown. 



Madagascar. 



1. Cophyla phyllodactyla, p. 183. 



Cophyla phyllodactyla, Boettg. I. c. pi. v. f. 19. 



Nossi Be. 



Page 299. 



Bufo 'bengtielensis. 



On comparison of this species with a specimen of Bxifo funereus 

 (Socage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. 1866, p. 77) sent by Prof. Socage to the 

 British Museum, we find that they are identical; therefore the 

 latter name has to be adopted. 



Page 452. 

 Hemipliraotus scutatns. 



The upper view of the head of this frog has been inadvertefttlv 



liffA/1 ^ 



omitted 



