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MISS JOAN B. PROCTER ON TAILLESS 



with a light dark -edged lateral band passing round snout nnd 

 ending on the sacral region; it has also a fine dark vertebral line. 

 Several young in the British Museum collection have similar 

 markings, but the seven noted above differ considerably. In 

 these tlie light lateral band is heavily bordered with black, th.e 

 enclosed dorsal area and upper surfaces of tibia, tai-sus, and 

 forearm ii-regula.rly spotted with black or dark grey ; they have 

 also a large white dark-edged spot on the heel. The markings 

 of the smallest specimen are so light and indistinct that it more 

 resembles the type specimen. 



17. Rappia platyrhinus, sp. n. 



Nairobi. 



1 specimen, cT . 



Head small, broad as long, moderately depressed ; snout flat, 

 markedly truncate, as long as diameter of eye ; canthus rostralis 

 feebly marked ; loreal region oblique, concave ; nostril at end of 



Text-figure 3. 



linppia platifrhinus. Nat. size. 



snout ; interorbital space nearly twice width of upper eyelid ; 

 tympanum hidden. Fingers long, | webbed, second longer than 

 first ; toes slender, fully webbed ; subarticular tubercles soft, 

 flat, small ; inner metatarsal tubercle also soft and small ; no 

 outer one. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaches middle of eye ; 

 length of tibia 5 times its breadth, 1| times in length from snout 

 to vent. Skin smooth above, granular below. Uniformly 

 brownish -grey above, finely speckled Avith black pigment cells 

 which are slightly concentrated along canthus rostralis. Male 

 with internal vocal sac and adhesive subgular disc, 



