PhUochortus. 



aud with crowded l)lack dots forming a band from the temple to above 

 the hind limb ; limbs speckled with black. Lower parts white. Tail 

 red in the youug. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : /^ 



From end of snout to vent ..... 42 



„ ., ,, fore limb ... 16 



Length of head .10 



Width of head 6 



Depth of head . . 5 



Fore limli .... 16 



Hind limb . . ... 29 



Foot 16 



Tail 114 



This species is known from two specimens obtained at Berbera, 

 Somaliland, by Mr. E. Lort Phillips. Distinguished from the pre- 

 ceding by the longer foot aud by the light streaks being in odd 

 number on the bodv. 



3. PHILOCHORTUS NEUMANNI. 



Philochort2is neumanni, Matschie, Sitzb. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berl. 1893, 

 p. 30; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1917, p. 150, pi. ii, tig. 1. 



Latastia neumanni. Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 643, pi. xxxvii, 

 fig. 1 ; Steind. Denkschr. Ak. Wieu Ixix. 1901, p. 330. 



Lafastia kardegyeri, part., Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, ii, p. 145. 



Head and body feebly dej^ressed. Head about If times as long as 

 broad, its depth equal to the distance between the centre of the eye 

 and the tympanum, its length 4 to 4^ times in length to vent ; snout 

 obtusely pointed, as long as postocular part of head, with obtuse 

 canthus. Pileus twice as long as broad. Neck as broad as the head 

 or a little narrower. Hind limli reaching the collar or between the 

 collar aud the ear ; foot 1| to Ii times as long as head ; toes slender, 

 compressed. Tail 2^ to nearly 3 times as long as head and body. 



Nostril separated from the upper labial and the postnasal by a 

 narrow rim* ; nasals forming a suture behind the rostral, the suture 

 \ to i the length of the frontonasal, which is much broader than long 

 and broader than the iuternarial space ; prefrontals forming a short 

 median suture ; frontal as long as its distance from the end of the 

 snout. If to 2 times as long as bi'oad, angular in front, narrower 

 behind, not grooved; parietals Ii to If times as long as broad; 



Exactly as in Lacerta persptcif/afa. 



