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common ai)i)earance of L. liotamboeia. On the otlier band, a specimen 

 broiight liome by Hedenborg from tbe Nile-regions, thus very likely 

 fnmi tbe babitat of L. attarensis, does not differ from tbe soutbern 

 si)ecimens in any i)oint. Tliere is, certainly, no distinct dark temitoral 

 band, but this cliaracter is of no value, tbe band being very often 

 indistinct even in examples from soutbern regions. On furtlier comparison 

 of tbe specimens tbe difference between tlie Harrar - specimen and tbe 

 more soutbern examples also was sbown to be very unimportant. it 

 corresponds on tbe wbole very well witb some of tbe small specimens 

 fi'om tbe soutbern regions. 



A revision of tbe cbaracters, employed by Weenee, gives tbe 

 following results : As to tbe form of tbe bead, it varies considerably 

 according to tbe diflferent state of contraction of tbe large temporal 

 muscles. The same specimen may bave (juite a ditferent api)earance of 

 tbe bead ; sometimes it is narrow and of tbe same widtb, sometimes 

 it is very broad and swollen at tbe temples. Measurements of tbe 

 beadsbields of two specimens of tbe same size, tbe one witb narrow, 

 tbe otber witb broad bead, sbow, bowever. no differenccs, tbe dissi- 

 milarity in ai)pearance being only accidental. I am not able to bnd 

 tbe same average measurements of tbe lengtb of tbe bead from tbe 

 bind margin of tbe parietals compared witb tbe breadtb of tbese sbields 

 wbicb are stated by Weenee. He gives tbe number 1,87 in tbe 

 nortb form and 1,()8 at tbe most in tbe soutb one: the greatest 

 measurements I bave found are 1,80 and 1,78, botb tbese in my most 

 nortbern si)ecimens, but tbe same measurements are also to be found 

 in several specimens from tbe soutbern regions. Tbus, tliis cliaracter 

 is not to be used as a difference between geograpbical varieiies or 

 species: In reality. I found soutbern specimens witb ([uite tbe same 

 shape of tbe bead as in both tbe Nile- and tbe Harrarspecimen. 



Only in one specimen (from tbe German East-Africa) bave I seen 

 5 pairs of chinshields; as tbis country, according to Weenee, belongs 

 to tbe babitat of tbe soutb form, nor tbis character can be used as 

 cbaracteristic for a supposed nortb form. Yet, it api»ears as if tbe number 

 of the chinshields should diminish southwards; then, 1 found 3 pairs in 

 all the specimens from the Cape, in about the half of tbe si)ecimens 

 from the Congo, but only in a single specimen from tbe German East- 

 Africa; the specimens from tbe Nile-regions and Harrar bave botb 

 4 pairs. 



