Philochortus. . 9 



surface of head and liinl)s pale brown ; lower parts white : tail pale 

 brown above, yellowish beneath, orange-red distally in the young. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



9 

 Hgr. 



Hgr. 



The type specimen, preserved in the Bei'lin Museum, has been 

 compared with the specimens from Lahej. 



Habitat. — This species is only known from South -Western Arabia 

 inland of Aden, specimens having been obtained at Lahej and in the 

 Wadis below Mt. Manif, near Lahej. 



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4. PHILOCHORTUS INTERMEDIUS. 



Latastia hardeggeri (nou Steind.), Bouleng. Ann. t^' Mag. N. H. 

 (7) ii, 1898, p. 130. 



Latastia hardeggeri, part., Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, ii, p. 145. 



PhilocJiorfus intermedms, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1917, p. 152, 

 pi. ii, tigs. 2, 3. 



Head and body rather depressed. Head If to If times as long as 

 broad, its depth equal to the distance between the anterior corner 

 or the centre of the eye and the tympanum, its length 4 to 4^ times 

 in length to vent in males, 4^ to 5 times in females ; snout obtusely 

 pointed, as long as postocular part of head, with obtuse canthus. 

 Pileus 2 to 21- times as long as broad. Neck as broad as the head 

 or a little narrower. Hind limb reaching the elbow or the axil in 



