212 Annals of the South African Museum. 



I. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 

 var. holubi. 



? Yredefort Road, O.E. Col. . . 62 48 8 30 12 26 14-13 21 4 



. . 50 52 8 30 10 27 12 21 4-3 



. 48 55 8 29 8 28 13 20 5 



$ Umfolosi E., Zululand . . . 95 60 8 31 12 32 17-16 22 2-3 



65 58 6 31 13 33 15 25 4-6 



Yg. ... 46 57 6 32 14 33 16 25 5-4 



$ De Kaap Goldfields, Transvaal . 86 55 6 30 12 32 15-16 23 4-3 



Yg. Pretoria, . 44 48 6 30 10 28 14 26 3-4 



$ Eustenburg, . 53 45 8 29 14 31 13 21 5-6 



? Lydenburg, . 66 52 8 31 9 28 17-18 25 5 



. 64 49 8 31 11 30 17-16 24 6 



Zoutpansberg . 75 55 8 32 11 32 20-19 24 3 



$ Bulawayo . . . . 50 50 8 27 7 28 13-15 22 6-4 



Yg. 42 58 6 29 9 33 15 23 5 



? Bindura, S. Ehodesia (S. A. Mtis.) 49 46 6 28 10 25 15-17 25 4 



3 L. Nyassa . . . . 80 44 6 30 10 30 16-15 25 4 



? . 96 46 6 31 8 31 16-17 25 4-2 



(J Dongwenna, Mossamedes . . 58 45 8 28 10 27 14-13 25 2-3 



? . 70 45 8 34 12 30 14 26 4-5 



1. Length from snout to vent. 2. Number of scales across middle of body. 

 3. Longitudinal series of ventral plates. 4. Transverse series of ventral plates- 



5. Plates in collar. 6. Gular scales in a straight line between symphysis of 



chin-shields and median collar-plate. 7. Femoral pores (right and left if differ- 

 ing). 8. Lamellar scales under fourth toe. 9. Scales between supraoculars and 

 superciliaries. 



Habitat. The range of N. intertexta extends from Portuguese East 

 Africa, Nyassaland, and Angola to the northern and eastern parts of 

 Cape Colony. The specimens in the South African Museum are from 

 Burghersdorp, Little Namaqualand, and Khnberley in Cape Colony, 

 Smithfield in the Orange River Colony, Barberton in the Transvaal, 

 Biudura and Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia. 



5. NUCRAS TESSELLATA. 



Lacerta tessellata, A Smith, Mag. N". H. (2) ii, 1838, p. 92 ; Dum. 

 & Bibr. Erp. Gen., v, p. 244 (1839) ; Bedriaga, Abh. Senck. Ores., 

 xiv, 1886, p. 374. 



Lacerta livida, A. Smith, I.e. 



Lacerta elegans, A. Smith, I.e. 



Lacerta taeniolata, A. Smith, t.c., p. 93 ; Duni. & Bibr., i.e., p. 247 

 Bedriagia, t.c., p. 381. 



Zootoca taeniolata, Gray, Cat. Liz., p. 29 (1845). 



Nucras tessellata, Gray, op. cit., p. 33 ; Werner, Jen. Denkschr., iv, 

 p. 329 (1910). 



