Philochortus. 



surface of head and limbs jmle browu ; lower parts white ; tail pale 

 brown above, yellowish beneath, orange-red distally in the young-. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent 



,, ,, ,, fore Y\mh 



Len^4h of head 

 Width of head 

 Depth of head 



Fore Innli .... 

 Hind limb .... 



Foot 



Tail 



1. (^,Mt. Manif. 2. 9 , Mt. Manif. 



1. 

 73 



29 

 18 

 11 



9-5 

 26 

 48 

 25 



205 



82 

 29 

 19 

 12 

 10 

 80 

 53 

 28 

 190 



3. 9 , Lahej. 



Particulars of Specimens Examined. 



J Mt. Manif 



73 



82 

 50 



38 

 38 

 39 

 42 

 40 



3. 



30 

 29 

 28 

 31 

 30 



5. 



33 

 29 

 34 

 31 



3. 



80 

 28 

 18 

 11 

 9 

 26 

 47 

 25 

 200 



6. 

 15-16 



14 



15 



16 

 14-15 



Hgr. ,, . . 



$ Lahej . 

 Hgr. „ . . . . 53 40 30 10 



The type specimen, preserved in the Berlin Museum, has been 

 compared with the specimens from Lahej. 



Habitat. — This species is only known from South-Western Arabia 

 inland of Aden, specimens having been obtained at Lahej and in the 

 Wadis below Mt. Manif, near Lahej. 



4. PHILOCHOETUS INTEEMEDIUS. 



Latastia hardeggeri (non Steiud.), Bouleug. Ann. tt Mag. N. H. 

 (7) ii, 1898, p. 130. 



Latastia hardeggeri, part., Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, ii, p. 145. 



Philochortus intermediiis, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1917, p. 152, 

 pi. ii, tigs. 2, 3. 



Head and body rather dej^ressed. Head 1| to If 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 4^ times 

 in length to vent in males, 4^ to 5 times in females ; snout obtusely 

 pointed, as long as postocular part of head, with obtuse canthus. 

 Pilens 2 to 2^ times as long as broad. Neck as bi'oad as the head 

 or a little narrower. Hind limb reaching the elbow or the axil in 



