132 On Reptiles from Somaliland. 



Two specimens from Berbera. 



This species is very closely allied to L. spinalis, Ptrs. 

 Apart from the coloration, fundamentally different in the light 

 stripes being in odd number, it may be distinguished by the 

 longer foot, the fourth toe measured from the base of the 

 •fifth exceeding the distance between the fore limb and the 

 anterior border of the orbit. 



6. Chavuehon b'lsi/iscus. Cope. 

 Goolis Mountains. 



Snakes. 



7. TypMops cuneirostris, Ptrs. 

 Goolis Mountains. 



jEluroglena, gen. nov. 



Maxillary teeth 11, increasing in size posteriorly, forming 

 an uninterrupted series ; mandibular teeth subequal. Head 

 elongate, slightly distinct from neck ; eye moderate, with 

 vertically elliptical pupil; nostril pierced between two nasals 

 and the supranasal. Body slender, cylindrical ; scales 

 smooth, with apical pits, in 21 rows. Ventrals rounded. 

 Tail moderate ; subcaudals in 2 rows. 



This genus should be placed not far from Zamenis. 



8. u3^luroglena cucullata, sp. n. 



Snout rather long, slightly prominent. Rostral much 

 broader than deep, not visible from above ; internasals as 

 long as the prefrontals; frontal bell-shaped, once and a half 

 as long as broad, broader than the supraocular, as long as its 

 distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; 

 loreal twice as long as deep ; a single large prjeocular, 

 narrowly separated from the frontal ; two postoculars ; tem- 

 porals 1 + 2 ; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering 

 the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields, which are shorter than the posterior; latter separated 

 from each other by scales. Scales in 21 rows. Ventrals 

 216; anal divided ; subcaudals 67. Pale buff above; head 

 dark brown above, speckled with whitish, shading into a 

 blackish blotch on the nape; two large cream-coloured spots 

 on the upper lip, in front of and behind the eye ; lower 

 surface of head dark brown, with a cream-coloured spot on 

 each side of the chin, and a band of the same colour below 



