14 



Lacertidie. 



liifurcatiuf,^ on the uape and extending some way down the tail, each of 

 the dorsal plates with a small blackish spot ; sides of body pale 

 greyish brown, with a series of lai'ge blackish spots or bars ; lower 

 parts white. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent 



,, ,, ,, fore liml) 



Length of head 

 Width of head 

 Depth of head 

 Fore limb 

 Hind liml) 

 Foot 

 Tail 



1. 



ro 



23 

 14 



10 

 7 

 •22 

 42 

 22 

 180 



70 

 24 

 14 



9 



8 



22 



38 



21 



170 



3. 



56 

 19 

 13 



8 



6 



18 



34 



18 



155 



1. (j',Berbera. 2. 9 , Berbera. 3. 9 , Mandah (type of L. r/egre/ii) • 



Particulars of Sjjecimens Examined. 



J Berl^era 

 ,, Maudah 



1. 2. 



70 24 



70 



65 26 



3. 



27 



26 30 



56 



28 

 24 30 



28 

 28 

 26 



6. 



11 

 11 



12-13 

 11 



7. 

 26 

 25 

 28 

 31 



Habitat. — Northern Somaliland. The type specimens, preserved in 

 the Vienna Museum, are from between Hensa and Artu. 



This species is distinguished from the two preceding liy the lower 

 number of plates and scales across the body, and by the nearly 

 constant presence of a series of granules between the supraoculars and 

 the frontal ; also by the light vertebral streak. 



5. LATASTIA. 



Latastia, Bedriaga, Ann. Mus. Geneva, xx, 1884, p. 307 ; Lataste, 

 op. cit. (2), ii, 1885, p. 125. 



Latastia, part., Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 54 (1887). 



Ajiathya, Mc'hely, Termesz. Koslon, Budapest, Ixxxv, 1907, p. 26, 

 and Ann. Mus. Hung, vii, 1909, p. 426. 



Head-shields normal. Nostril pierced between three 

 to five shields and bordered by the first upper labial or 

 narrowly separated from it. Lower eyelid scaly, a trans- 



