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each pale streak ; the ear-holes oblong, erect, open, with three very 

 small indistinct prominences on the front edge, which are placed at 

 unequal distances from each other. 



Hab. Tette {Dr. Kirk). 



This species resembles in external appearance the Blue-tailed Skink 

 of North America ; but the central dorsal streak is not forked over 

 the head. It is very like the E. quinquefasciatus of Western Africa ; 

 but the dorsal streaks are not black-edged, and the central one is 

 continued to the end of the nose. This is not the case in the latter 

 species, which agrees with E. Kirkii in having only two series of 

 scales between each white streak. 



Named in honour of Dr. Kirk, its discoverer. 



EuPREPis Grantii, sp. nov. 



Pale bronzed brown, with a broad pale whitish streak on each side 

 of the back, continued from the eyebrows to the lower part of the 

 tail. Sides of the head and neck with a broad blackish streak, en- 

 closing the eye and over the ears. The upper lip and slender streak 

 under the eye opaque white. Scales three-keeled. 



Hab. South-Eastern Africa {Br. Kirk). 



Cham^leo dilepis. Gray, Cat. Lizards B.M. 266. 



The white band on the sides is formed of round groups of white 

 scales of the same size and form as the other scales on the sides. 

 There is also a triangular white spot at the angles of the mouth. 



Hub. South-Eastern Africa {Dr. Kirk). 



Feb. 23, 1864.— John Gould, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair. 



Notice of a New Species of Zorilla. 

 By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., etc. 



The British Museum, rather more than ten years ago, purchased 

 of Mr. Argent the skin of a Zorilla, which differs from any others 

 which I have seen. Unfortunately it was without any habitat, and 

 I have been waiting in hopes of a second specimen occurring which 

 would supply this deficiency. 



It, however, appears so distinct that I think it now better to give 

 a short account of it, that it may be recorded in the systematic cata- 

 logues. 



Zorilla albinucha. 



Black ; back with four yellowish- white stripes, the two middle 

 streaks short, the outer extending from the occiput to the base of 

 the tail ; tail yellowish white ; forehead, crown, nape, and upper 

 part of the ears pure white. 



Hab. ? 



The hair soft and short ; the white hair of the crown and the yel- 

 lowish hair of the dorsal stripes one-coloured to the base ; the hair 

 of the tail rigid, more or less blackish at the base. 



There are two or three small, black, unsymmetrically placed spots 

 on the crown, and the central black streak of the back is extended a 



