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two possess five while Angel remarks that one of his had five and 

 another six. The tails of all three are either wanting or reproduced. 



Genus PHILOCHORTUS Matschie 



PHILOCHORTUS INTERMEDIUS Boulenger " 



Latastia spinalis Stejneger (not of Peters), 1893, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 16, 



p. 717. 

 Philochortus intermedins Boulenger, 1917, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 152, pi. 



2, figs. 2 and 3. (Berbera and vicinity, British Somaliland); 1921, Monog. 



Laccrtidae, vol. 2, p. 9. 



1 (U.S.N.M. 20076) Tana River, K. C. (Chanler) 1892. 



The genus Philochortus was proposed in 1894 and includes Lacerta 

 spinalis Peters. This Tana lizard, however, which I have compared 

 with one of the Ghinda examples (M. C. Z. 21682) referred to by 

 Boulenger on page 3 of his Monograph, differs from that Eritrean 

 (not Ethiopian) species in a number of respects. 



It agrees with the ver}^ detailed, 2-page description of intermedins, 

 except that the interparietal is narrowly separated from the occipital, 

 instead of being in contact; in possessing 11, instead of 12 to 18, 

 femoral pores on either side; and in having 22, instead of 24 to 28 

 caudal scale rows in the fourth and fifth whorls behind the postanal 

 granules. There are also minor color dilTerences, the light bands 

 being narrower in the Tana lizard. It measures 49 mm. from snout 

 to vent; the tail is missing. 



The distance between Berbera and the Tana is, of course, consider- 

 able, and it may be that if a large series from the Tana were avail- 

 able a southern race might be demonstrated. While this record 

 adds a genus and species to the fauna of Kenya Colony it may be 

 noted that though Boulenger cited the reference to Stejneger's paper 

 on page 3 of the Monograph he did not extend the range of P. spinalis 

 80 as to include the record. 



Genus LATASTIA Bedriaga 



LATASTI.4 LONGICAUDATA REVOILI (Vaillant) 



Eremias revoili Vaillant, 1882, Miss. Revoil Pays Comal., Rept. p. 20, pi. 3, 



fig. 2. (Somaliland.) 

 Latastia longicaudaia revoili Boulenger, 1921, Monogr. Lacert., vol. 2, p. 25. 



1 (U.S.N.M. 48557) Mtoto Andei, K. C. (Heller) 1911. 

 3 (U.S.N.M. 49160-2) ? Sagalla, K. C. (Heller) 1911. 



The largest of these well-preserved specimens measures 1,110 

 (85 + 250) mm. All are within the limits of variation in the range of 

 scale characters given by Boulenger for this race. 



