Lizards jrom Angola. 21!) 



supraoculars; four supraoculars ; six supraclliaries ; parietaN 

 in contact behind the interparietal, followed by a pair of larnje 

 miehals ; five upper labials anterior to the subocular, which 

 \i large and not much narrowed interiorly. Ear-opening 

 large, suboval, with projecting granules on its anterior 

 border. Scales perfectly smooth, dorsals largest, .32 round 

 the middle of the body. The hind limb reaches the elbow of 

 the adpressed fore limb. Toes moderately long, slender ; 

 subdigitiil lamellae with a tubercular keel. Tail depressed, 

 with a series of transversely enlarged scales above and 

 beneath. Head red, body and tail bluish grey; a broad 

 blaeU veitebral band, bifurcating on the nape; a black lateral 

 band, passing tiirough the eye, confluent with large sj)0t3 

 below it on the neck and body; limbs bluish grey, with 

 the scales black-edged. 



mm. 



Total length 130 



Head 13 



Width of head 7 



Body 39 



Fore limb lo 



Hind limb 22 



Tail 78 



A single specimen, rather damaged, from Maconjo, 

 Benguella. 



Mabuia Ansorffii. 



Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with a large undivided 

 transparent disk. Nostril anterior to the vertical of the 

 suture between the rostral and the first labial ; a postnasal ; 

 anterior loreal not in contact with the first labial ; suj)ranasals 

 in contact behind the rostral : fronto-nasal broader than long, 

 forming a very narrow suture witli the frontal ; frontal as 

 long as the fronto-parietals and the interj)arietal together, in 

 contact with the second and third supraoculars ; four supra- 

 oculars, second largest ; five supraciliaries, second largest ; 

 fronto-parietals distinct, a little smaller than the interparietal, 

 parietals just meeting behind the interparietal ; a pair of 

 nuchals ; five or six labials anterior to the subocular, which 

 is much narrowed inferiorly. Ear-opening oval, as large as 

 the transparent palpebral disk, with four short pointed 

 lobules anteriorly. Dorsal and nuchal scales strongly 

 quinquecarinate ; 42 scales round the middle of tlie bo<ly, 

 dorsals largest. The hind limb reaches the elbow of the 

 adpressed fore limb. Scales on the soles sharply keeled, 

 spinose ; subdigital lameilaj sharply tricarinate, spinose. 



