14 LacerUdx. 



bifurcating on the nape 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 large blackish spots or bars ; lower 

 parts white. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



3. 9 > Maudah (type of L. ihgi'iii). 

 Particulars of Sjjecimeiiis Examined. 



(^ Berbera .... 



9 „ .... 



„ Maudah .... 



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 by 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. Genova, xx, 1884, p. 307 ; Lataste, 

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



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



Apathya, Mchely, Termesz. Koslon, Budapest, Ixxxv, 1907, p. 26, 

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



Head-shields normal. No.sti'il pierced between three 

 to five shields and bordered by the first upper labial or 

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



