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nearly free. For M. margaritifer , sp. n., Boulenger, Ann. N. H. (5) x. 
p. 35,- East Indies. 
Cassina argyreivittis, Ptrs., described and figured by Peters, l. c. p. 157, 
pi. xxii. fig. 2. 
Cassina wealii, sp. n., Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 131, pi. xi. fig. 7, 
Caffraria. 
Hylambates viridis , Gthr., figured ; id. 1. c. pi. xii. fig. 5. 
Prostherapis whymperi, sp. n., Boulenger, l. c. p. 139, and Ann. N. H. 
(5) ix. p. 462, fig., Ecuador. 
Dendrobatidas. 
Mantella, g. n., for Dendrobates madagascariensis and allies ; Boulenger, 
Cat. Batr. Ecaud. p. 141. 
Mantella cowani , sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 471, Madagascar. 
Dendrobates tinctorius (Schn.), described and figured by Brocchi, Miss 
Sc. Mex., Batr. p. 89, pi. xi. fig. 2. 
Dendrobates parvulus , sp. n., Boulenger, l. c. p. 145, pi. xii. fig. 6, 
Ecuador. 
Engystomatidje. 
Pliryniscus varius (Stann.), described and figured by Brocchi, Miss. Sc. 
Mex., Batr. p. 96, pi. xi. fig. 1. 
Phryniscus proboscideus , p. 150, pi. xiii. fig. 1, Bahia, pulcher, p. 154, 
pi. xiii. fig. 2, E. Peru, and elegans , p. 155, Ecuador, spp. nn., Boulenger, 
Cat. Batr. Ecaud., the latter species figured in Ann. N. H. (5) ix. p. 464. 
Calophrynus madagascariensis , sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 472, Madagascar. 
Scaphiophryne, g. n., distinguished from Callula in the presence of 
precoracoids ; for S. marmorata , sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 472, Madagascar. 
Scaphiophryne spinosa, sp. n. (= S. marmorata ), Steindachner, SB. Ak. 
Wien, lxxxv. p. 189, pi. ii., Madagascar. 
Engy stoma elegans , sp. n., Boulenger, l. c. p. 162, Mexico. 
Callula obscura , Gthr., fig. 3, and triangularis, Gthr., fig. 4, figured, id. 
1. c. pi. xiii. 
Breviceps mossambicus, Ptrs., described and figured by Peters, Reise 
u. Mossambique, iii. p. 176, pi. xxv. fig. 2. 
Breviceps adspersus , sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 177, Damara-land. 
Ilemisus marmoratus , Ptrs., described and figured, id. 1. c. p. 173, 
pi. xxv. fig. 1. 
PL emisus taitanus , sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 175, Taita, E. Africa. 
DySCOPHIDjE. . 
/This family is established by Boulenger, Cat. Batr. Ecaud. pp. 179 & 
^473, for the genera Dyscophus, Grand., Calluella , Stoliczka, Cophyla , 
Bottger, and the two following : — 
Platypelis, g. n., for P. cowani , sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 474, Madagascar. 
Plethodontohyla, g. u., for Callula notosticta, Gthr., id. 1. c. p. 473. 
Plethodontohyla inguinalis, p. 473, and brevipes , p. 474, id. 1. c., Mada- 
gascar : spp. nn. 
