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is excluded from the nostril. It appears to be the largest example 

 of its species recorded, as it measures 6^ inches (79 + 88 mm.). 

 There were many termites in its stomach. 



AGAMA HISPIDA DISTANTI Boulenger 

 DISTANT 'S AGAMA 



Native name. — Ikulumbi (Chigogo). 



Very common at Dodoma on paths in the township. It has a 

 habit of basking on the rails of the main line to Nzingi, and would 

 remain until the trolley, which was traveling at 10 miles an hour, 

 was within 2 feet. A great many were disturbed in this way, but 

 none killed. Two juveniles were taken at Mukwese on June 6, 1926. 



AGAMA UONOTUS DODOMAE Loveridge 



DODOMA AGAMA 



Native name. — Ntunu (Chigogo). 



Dodoma, Nzingi, Saranda, Manyoni, Mukwese. 



The young are more or less abundant; the adults extremely scarce. 

 In captivity they were observed to eat grasshoppers, flies, and ter- 

 mites sparingly; they did not thrive, however. 



AGAMA LIONOTUS MWANZAE LoTerldge 



MWANZA AGAMA 



Mr. Carnochan has increased our knowledge of the distribution of 

 this handsome lizard by collecting a series from Kizumbi in the 

 Shiny anga subdistrict. Unfortunately, they were very emaciated on 

 arrival at Dodoma and did not feed well, though both insects and 

 vegetable food were proffered. Doctor Thompson, long resident in 

 Mwanza, tells me that this lizard is quite a pest in the gardens there, 

 biting through flower stems so frequently that it was difficult to rear 

 plants at all. 



Another interesting fact which he told me and which has since 

 been confirmed by another Mwanza resident is that this race quite 

 frequently enters houses, a thing its Dodoma relative never seems 

 to do. 



VARANUS OCELLATUS Ruppell 



EYE-SPOTTED MONITOR 

 One received from Tabora district. 



VARANUS NILOTICUS (Linnaeus) 



NIIOTIC MONITOR 



Native name. — Libulu (Chigogo). 

 Four from Shiny anga subdistrict. 



