194 On a new Lizard from British East Africa. 



moderately large, smaller than the eye-opening ; a large 

 azygous prefrontal, broader than and in contact with the 

 entire anterior border of the frontal, in contact with the 

 loreal and separated from the rostral by two pairs of shields ; 

 frontal once and one third as long as broad ; parietal on each 

 side separated from the frontal and supraoculars by three 

 shields ; occipital much smaller than the interparietal ; inter- 

 nasal in contact with the first labial ; a single postnasal ; 

 two consecutive loreals ; rostral twice as broad as the sym- 

 physial ; the suture between the fifth and sixth upper labials 

 falls below the centre of the eye ; four chin-shields on each 

 side, the first three in contact with the lower labials. Body 

 elongate, cylindrical. 39 scales round the middle of the 

 body, dorsals strongly striated. Limbs very short ; the fore 

 limb stretched forwards extends scarcely beyond the ear ; the 

 hind limb measures one third the distance between axilla and 

 groin. Tail cylindrical ; only the basal scales striated. 

 Bronzy brown above, with small black spots, which are more 

 crowded on the sides and limbs ; a black dorso-lateral line, 

 light-edged above, widening on the neck, and extending, 

 through the eye, to the end of the snout ; belly whitish, throat 

 speckled with black. 



millim. 



Total length 151 



Head , 11 



Width of head 8 



Body 67 



Fore limb 10 



Hind limb 13 



Tail 83 



A single specimen, a gravid female, was sent from Jamaica 

 by Mr. C. H. Baker to the Corporation Museum of Leicester, 

 through the kindness of whose curator, Mr. Montagu Browne, 

 it has been presented to the British Museum. 



XXI. — Description of a new Lizard from British East 

 Africa. By G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S. 



Lygosoma clathrotis. 



Section Liolepisma. Body elongate, limbs short. The 

 distance between the end of the snout aud the fore limb is 

 contained twice in the distance between axilla and groin. 

 Snout short, rounded. Lower eyelid with an undivided trans- 

 parent disk. Nostril pierced in the nasal ; no supranasal ; 



