O;)^ '.. A. KoULKNGER 



cimen measures 1:2^ inillim. from snout to vent. )) have "2^ 

 scales round the body, 3 have 30. 



The specimens from Dahlac Island ("2), Mareb (1 ) and Ghinda 

 (d) agree with the var. ragazzii in the small size , the largest 

 measuring only 96 millim. from snout to vent. The ocellated 

 spots, although present all over tlie back, are small and feei)ly 

 marked and a light stripe extends along each side, the whole 

 coloration being much as in C. mioneclon. The specimens from 

 Dahlac Island have both 26 scales round the body, and the same 

 number is found on the Mareb and Mt. Abdur specimens; one 

 of the Ghinda specimens has also 26 scales, the four other having 

 28. This form may be distinguished as a variety, intermediate 

 between the typical form and the var. ragazzii, for which I 

 propose the name humilis. The specimen from Assab is interesting 

 as being a second example of the var. ragazzii, which I est^j- 

 blished in 1890 upon a single specimen from the same locality; 

 it agrees entirely with the type in the coloration and the number 

 of scales (24), and measures 75 millim. from snout to vent. 



Uliiptog-lossa,. 



25. Chamaeleon basiliscus, Cope. — Ghinda. Numerous speci- 

 mens. 



26. Chamaeleon affinis, Gray. — Let Marella. 6 specimens. 

 Harrar. i specimen. 



The enlarged tubercles on the vertebral line form a feeble, 

 denticulate dorsal crest. 



Opliiclia. 



27. Typhlops blanfordii, Blgr. — Ghinda. 



The single specimen agrees in every respect with the type . 

 from Senafé, Abyssinia, except for the al)sence of a light streak 

 along the belly. 



28. Eryx thebaicus, Reuss. — Plains of Otumlo, Moncullo and 

 Saati. 



29. Boodon lemniscatus, I). 1*^:. 15. — Let Maretia. Several sjie- 

 cimens. 



Scales in 25 rows. Ventrals 199-200; subraudals /i8-(;7. 



