Phllochurtus. 9 



surface of head ami limlis pale brown ; lower parts white : tail pale 

 browu above, yellowish beneath, orauge-red distally iu the youug. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



compared with the specimens fi-om Lahej. 



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

 inland of Aden, specimens having V)eeu obtained at Lahej and in the 

 Wadis below Mt. Manif, near Lahej. 



4, PHILOCHORTUS INTEEMEDIUS. 



Latastia hardeijtjeri (non Steind.), Bouleug. Ann. ct Mag. N. H. 

 (7) ii, 1898, p. 130. 



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



Philochortus intermedius, Bouleug. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1917, p. 152. 

 pi. ii, tigs. 2, 3. 



Head and body rather depressed. Head 1| to If times as long as 

 broad, its depth equal to the distance between the auterior corner 

 or the centre of the eye and the tympanum, its length 4 to i^ times 

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

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

 Pileus 2 to 2\ times as long as broad. Neck as broad as the head 

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



