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Particulars of Specimens Examined. 



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6. 



8. 



S Cheran, Bogos (type), G.M. 50 42 26 8 28 10 25 6-5 

 $ Rugdeia Sogheira, Bogos 



(type), G.M. . .. 50 46 28 7 31 10-11 24 6 



9 Dolo, Somaliland . . 48 44 26 6 27 10 24 5 



Habitat. — Originally described from Eritrea (Adal and Bogos 

 countries), this lizard has since also been found in Somaliland at 

 Dolo. 



L. hoscx differs from L. hurii in the less strongly depressed head, 

 the more convex and less distinctly keeled dorsal scales, the uneven 

 border of the transverse series of ventral jilates, the presence of a 

 single large preanal plate, and the lower number of femoral pores. 



5. LATASTIA WACHEl. 



Latastia wachei, Werner, Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. xxx, 1913, 

 p. 16. 



Apparently very similar to L. hoaae. Hind limb reaching to midway 

 between the collar and the ear-opening. Tail 2 j times as long as head 

 and body. 



Frontal feebly grooved in front ; a small shield sometimes separates 

 the interparietal from the occipital ; first supraocular divided into two ; 

 upper temporal single or divided into three or four ; 6 anterior upper 

 labials. 5 to 8 plates in the collar. Scales obtusely but very distinctly 

 keeled, 39 to 42 across the middle of the body. Ventral plates in 6 

 longitudinal series, of nearly equal width, and 24 transverse series. A 

 large preanal plate bordered by a semicircle of smaller plates, or two, 

 one in front of the other. 8 or 9 femoral pores on each side. 



Grroyish brown above, with or without four darker dorsal streaks. 



