472 ADDENDA, 



tibia and another encircling tarsus deep orange. From snout to 

 vent 26 millim. 

 Madagascar. 



a-b. 2- East Betsileo. Rev. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



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 obtuse ; 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-shaped ; 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. From snout to vent 

 55 millim. 



Madagascar. 

 a. 5 . East Betsileo, Rev. Deans Cowan [C.]. 



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 6 a. SCAPHIOPHEYNE. 



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

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

 oesophagus, and another curved one in front of this. No tympanic 

 disk. Fingers 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 J-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 limb being carried- forwards along the body. 



