720 G. A. HOULENGKR 



long. Body covered with black-and-white ocelli as in C. ocellatus; 

 a dark brown dorsal stripe (occupying the two median rows of 

 scales) separated from a blackish lateral stripe by a broad pale 

 grey stripe ; lips with black vertical bars ; lower parts white. 



Total length 222 milliin. 



Head IG . 



Width of head 12 » 



Body 109 » 



Fore limb 18 » 



Hind limb 25 » 



Tail (reproduced) 97 » 



A single specimen obtained between Sancurar and Amarr. 

 The discovery of this form is, to my mind, of very great 

 interest as again lessening the narrow gap separating C. bedriagae 

 from C. ocellatus, and thus assisting to complete the almost un- 

 broken chain of forms presented by the remarkable genu? 

 Chalcides. C. boltegi differs from C. bedriagae in the strongly 

 enlarged vertebral scales and the presence of four anterior upper 

 labials instead of three as usual in that species. 



Irtlxiptog-lo.ssa. 



^6. Chamaeleon dilepis, Leach. — Lugh. 



27. Chamaeleon bitaeniatus, Fisch. -- Between Badditù and 

 Dime ; between Sancnrar and Amarr. 



Opliidia. 



28. Typhlops cuneirostris , Ptrs. — Lugh. 



29. Typhlops blanfordii, Blgr. — Between Badditù and Dime. 



30. Typhlops unitaeniatiis, Ptrs. — Lugh. 

 Yellow vertebral stripe five scales wide. 



31. Eryx thebaicus, Reuss. — Between Badditù and Dime. 



32. Boodon lineatus, D. & B. Between Sancurar and Amarr. 



33. Philothamnus semivariegatus, Smith. ~ Lugh; between 

 Dime and L. Rudolf. 



3^1. Dasypeltis scabra, L. — Lugh. 



