228 REPTILES 'FROM TRANSVAAL. 



*4. Agama atricollis Smith. 



One youDg female specimen. 

 *5. Zonurus Johnesii Blgr. 



A single male specimen , which differs from Boulenger's 

 description of the type-specimen *) in having the nasal 

 shield pierced in its posterior part , next to the first labial, 

 the latter being pentagonal and for a small part edging 

 with its upper angle between nasal and frenal shield. The 

 dorsal scales are arranged in 10 longitudinal rows; the 

 lateral shields, which are smaller, rhomboidal and strongly 

 keeled , are arranged in 4 longitudinal rows , not being 

 separated from one another by granules. There are 6 fe- 

 moral pores in one row , this row being preceded by 3 

 rows of more or less swollen scales. In all other points 

 our specimen fully agrees with Boulenger's description. 



6. Varanus albigularis Daud. 



Two young specimens, with a dark line running from 

 the eye along the neck untill behind and above the shoulder, 

 where it meets a dark line coming from the throat and 

 running along the side of the neck before the fore 

 leg. In strange contradiction with the name of the species, 

 one of our specimens has a large dark patch on the throat; 

 in the other specimen this patch , though indicated , is not 

 so clearly visible ^). 



7. Mahuia quinquetaeniata Licht. 



Six specimens, one of them quite agreeing with Peters' 

 figure of M, margaritifer Ptrs. ^). 

 *8. Mahuia varia Ptrs. 



Two specimens. 



Ophidia. 



*9. Glaucoma Distanti Blgr. 



One specimen, somewhat slenderer than Boulenger's typical 



1) Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. 1891, 6th Series, vol. VIII, p. 417. 



2) Daudin in his description of the species mentions: «lineis duabus albidis 

 ab oculis supra coUiiin ductia." 



3) W. Peters, Raise nach Mozambique, Amphibien, PI. X, Fig. 1. 



.Notes from the Leyden JMuseum, Vol. XVI. 



