296 



Laceiiidw. 



To Siuitirs Jesc-riptiou of E. formosa I may add that a blackish 

 median line is present from the occiput to between the shoulders. 

 I have seen very similar specimens from Steinkopf, Little Naraaqua- 

 land, and the examples figured by Smith as E. lineo-ocellata and E. 

 undata also approach this type in their colour and markings. The 

 young has 5 black streaks on the nape and 4 on the body ; tail red. 

 A half-grown specimen from Aus, Great Namaqualand, h;is 5 black 

 streaks along the whole dorsal region, and another fi'om Aba.bis, 

 Damaraland, lias 3. 



Examples from Augra Pequena and Quilis, Great Namaqualand, 

 and Gibeon, Damaraland, are grey or pale reddish brown, with 



3 dorsal series of blackish dots and a very regular lateral series of 



4 to 8 blue, black-edged ocelli. 



Striated individuals appear to be found only to tlie west, but in 

 other parts of South Africa the black and white ocelli may be 

 arranged in regular longitudinal series. Sometimes the ocelli have 

 a tendency to arrange themselves in transverse series. 



Werner has given an account of numerous specimens from what 

 used to be German South-West Africa, which shows that, although 

 those with dark longitudinal streaks predominate, hardly any two 

 are alike in colour and markings, thus precluding an arrangement 

 into colour varieties. 



Measurements (in millimetres) ; 



Pttrticidarti of Sjiecimeiis E.nnmiiwil. 



Forma tijpica. 

 <J S. .\frica (A. Smith), typ« 



