3. GASTROPnOLIS. 7 



these there are tn'O others, which terrninato about halfway down 

 the body ; six rows of ventral shields. A large prieanal shield 

 with two small ones externally. 11 to 13 femoral pores on each 

 side. Upper and lower caudal scales strongly keeled. Head black 

 above ; sides bluish ; body bronze, with metallic reflections ; tail 

 and limbs bronze above ; lower surfaces greenish, mingled with 

 yellow. 



From snout to vent 50 millim. 



Gaboon. 



3. GASTROPHOLIS. 



Gastropholis, Fischer, Aih. Naturw. Ver, Ilamh. ix. 188G, p. — *. 



Head-shields normal. jS'ostril pierced between the nasal and a 

 postnasal. Lower eyelid scaly. Collar well marked. Dorsal 

 scales juxtaposed ; ventral shields imbricate, keeled. Digits sub- 

 cylindrical, with smooth scales inferiorly. Femoral pores. Tail 

 long, cylindrical. 



East Africa. 



1. Gastropholis vittata. 

 Gastropholis vittata, Fischer, I.e. pi. i. fig. 1. 



Head rather strongly depressed ; snout obtusely acuminate. 

 Frontal not longer than frontoparietals ; three large supraoculars, 

 third smallest, first separated from the loreal by a small shield ; three 

 or four granular scales between the supraoculars and the supra- 

 ciliaries; occipital shorter, but broader, than the interparietal; temple 

 covered with uniform small flat scales ; subocular bordering the lip, 

 between the fifth and sixth upper labials. Gular scales increasing 

 in size towards the collar, which is composed of eleven plates. 

 Dorsal scales rather large, oval, juxtaposed, keeled. Yentrals longer 

 than broad, the overlapping posterior border obtusely angular ; 

 12 longitudinal and 33 transverse series. 35 to 38 scales round 

 the body, ventrals included. Prseanal shields keeled, in two trans- 

 verse rows, an anterior and a posterior pair largest. The hind limb 

 reaches the elbow of the adpressed fore limb. Digits long and 

 slender, cylindrical, bent at the articulations. 10 or 11 femoral 

 pores on each .side. Tail more than twice as long as head and body ; 

 caudal scales strongly keeled. Pale brown above, with a white, 

 black-edged streak along each side of the back ; upper lip and lower 

 surfaces white ; tail white-spotted. 



* Quoted from a separate copy. 



