(^ Inland of lierlun-a 



Hahifat. — Northern Sonialiland at and near Berbera. 



5. PHILOCHOETUS HAEDEG-GEEI. 



Latastia Jiardeggeri, Steiud. Anu. Hofmus. Wien, vi, 1891, p. 371, 

 pi. xi ; Bouleug. Zool. Eec. 1893, Eept. p. 23 ; Toruier, Zool. Jahrb., 

 Syst. xxii, 1905, p. 375. 



Ereniias heterolejiis, Boettg. Zool. Auz. 1893, pp. 115, 193. 



Latantia decjeni, Bouleng. Anu. & Mag. N. H. (7) xi, 1903, p. 55. 



Philochorlus Jiardeggeri, Bouleug. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1917, p. 154, 

 pi. ii, figs. 4, 5. 



Head and body rather depressed. Head about H times as long as 

 broad, its depth equal to the distance between the anterior corner or 

 the centre of the eye and the tympanum, its length 4^ to 5 times in 

 length to vent ; snout pointed, as long as postocular part of head, 

 with rather sharp canthus. Pileus If to 2 times as long as broad. 

 Neck as broad as the head or a little narrower. Hind limb reaching 

 the shoulder, the collar, or between the collar and the ear ; foot 

 If to If times as long as head ; toes slender, compressed. Tail 

 2f to 3^ times as long as head and body. 



Nostril between three shields, or separated from the upper labial 

 and the postnasal by a narrow rim ; nasals forming a suture behind 

 the rostral, the suture J; to | the length of the frontonasal, which is 

 much broader than long, and broader than the inter narial space ; 

 prefrontals forming a short median suture ; frontal as long as its 



