REPTILES FROM SHOA AND ERITREA 551 



13. Latastia longicaudata, Reiiss. ~ An adult male from Shoa, 

 and a young from Dissei Island. The adult has 57 scales across 

 the middle of tlie body, the ventrals in 6 rows, and 10 femoral 

 pores on each side. In the young I count 53 scales, G rows of 

 ventrals, and 13 femoral pores. 



14. Latastia spinalis, Ptrs. — Ghinda. 59 specimens. 

 Interparietal shield usually absent ; if present, separated from 



the occipital. Collar formed of 7 to 10 shields. 30 to 40 scales 

 across the middle of the body, the enlarged dorsals forming two 

 to six more or less regular longitudinal series. 11 to 15 femoral 

 pores on each side. Young with seven blackish-bro..n stripes 

 separated by white lines, tail of a beautiful coral red. Adult 

 yellowish or pale brown, the dark stripes usually persisting in 

 the females, disappearing in the males or replaced by longitu- 

 dinal series of black spots. 



15. Acanthodactylus boskianus, Daud. — Dahlac Island. 



16. Eremias mucronata, Blanf. — Assab, Beilul. 



17. Eremias guttulata, Licht. — Massowa. 



18. Mabuia brevicoliis, Wiegm. — Ghinda. 5 specimens. 



All have two loreals. Scales in 30 or 32 rows. Young dark 

 brown with longitudinal and transverse series of large, round, 

 cream-coloured spots. These spots become gradually smaller v^'ith 

 age, and in half-grown specimens are intermixed with black 

 spots, the ground colour l)eing a pale brown. 



19. Mabuia septemlaeniata, Reuss. — Ghinda, Saati. 



20. Mabuia megaiura, Ptrs. — Let Marella. 4 specimens. 

 Scales in 26 or 28 rows. Back uniform or with two or four 



black longitudinal lines. 



21. iVIabiiia quinquetaeniata, Licht. — Shoa, Ghinda. 



22. Mabuia isselii, Ptrs. — Ghinda. 



23. Mabuia striata, Ptrs. — Let Marella. 

 Has i)een recorded from Shoa and Gallaland. 



24. Chalcides ocellatus, Forsk, — Saati, Dahlac Island, Mareb, 

 Ghinda, Mt. Abdur, Assab. 



The 8 specimens from Saati belong to the typical form, ocel- 

 lated all over and without light lateral stripe. The largest spe- 



