Two new Lizards. 55 



ventral series transversely enlarged. Pale grey-brown above, 

 witli small dark brown spots and interrupted transverse 

 wliitisli lines; a dark brown streak on each side of the head, 

 passing through the eye ; lower parts white. 



millim. 



Total length 95 



Head 13 



Width of head 8 



Body 32 



Fore limb 13 



Hind limb 16 



Tail 50 



A single male specimen from Amibarra, Hawash^ Abys- 

 sinia. 



Latastia Degeni, 



Head small ; snout short, acutely pointed. A single post- 

 nasal ; frontal narrowed posteriorly; two large supraoculars, 

 the pair entirely surrounded by a series of granules ; inter- 

 parietal very narrow, in contact with a small occipital; 

 temporal scales granular, smooth ; no auricular denticulation ; 

 subocular bordering the lip, between the fifth and sixth upper 

 labials. Collar feebly curved, with toothed edge, composed of 7 

 shields. Dorsal scales large, strongly keeled, imbricate, passing 

 gradually into the small lateral scales, the two vertebral series 

 much larger than the others, as large as the median ventral 

 shields. Ventral shields in 6 straight longitudinal series and 

 30 transverse series ; the shields of the median and outer 

 series narrower than the others. 30 scales round the middle 

 of the body, ventrals included. Pr^anal scales small and 

 irregular. Femoral pores 11 on each side. Tail nearly three 

 times as long as head and body ; scales keeled, except the 

 basal ventrals. Dark brown above, with five white longitu- 

 dinal streaks, the median bifurcating on the nape, white 

 below ; hind limbs with dark and light longitudinal streaks. 



millim. 



Total length 201 



Head 13 



Width of head 8 



From end of snout to fore limb 10 



„ „ vent 46 



Fore limb 18 



Hind limb 34 



Tail 155 



A single female specimen from Mandaha, coast of 

 Somaliland. 



