488 On new Lizards in the British Museum. 



210 annuli on the body, 12 on tlie tail; an annulus in the 

 middle of the body contains 22 segments, 10 dorsal and 12 

 ventral, the dorsals all longer than broad, the median ventrals 

 a little broader than long. Lateral line very distinct. 6 anal 

 segments. 4 prseanal pores. Uniform dark purplish brown. 



Length to vent 140 mm. ; tail 12; diameter of body 4. 



A single specimen from Peru, obtained in the Rio San 

 Gaban Valley, Prov. Carabaya, altitude 2000-3000 feet, by 

 ]\Ir. Thomas Slater, and presented by him^ through Prof. G. S. 

 Boulger, to the British Museum. 



The small number of segments in an annulus on the body 

 well distinguishes this species from A. vermicularis and its 

 South-American allies. 



Nucras Emini. 

 Body moderately elongate ; head moderate, slightly de- 

 pressed, its length four and one third times in the distance 

 from snout to vent. Two superposed postnasals ; no granules 

 between the supraoculars and the supraciliaries ; interparietal 

 large, not twice as long as broad, in contact with a small 

 occipital ; subocular between the fourth and fifth upper 

 labials ; temple covered with large granules ; a large tym- 

 panic shield ; two supratemporals. Collar slightly toothed, 

 formed of 7 plates. Dorsal scales granular, smooth, 42 

 across middle of body ; ventral plates in 8 longitudinal and 

 28 transverse series. 2 large prseanal plates, one before the 

 other. Hind limb reaching the axil ; foot longer than the 

 head. 12 femoral pores on each side. Caudal scales strongly 

 keeled. Pale reddish brown above, with black dots ; a black 

 lateral band from the eye to the root of the tail, bearing a 

 series of white spots and light-edged above and beneath ; 

 lower parts white. 



mm. 



Total length 120 



Head 11 



Width of head 7 



From end of snout to fore limb 16 



,, ,, vent 46 



Fore limb 15 



Hind limb 24 



Foot 14 



Tail (injured) 74 



A single small specimen from the south shore of Lake 

 Victoria, from Emin Pasha's collection received in 1890. 



Lygosoma meleagris. 

 Section Siaphos. Body much elongate; limbs small, with 

 four very short digits ; the distance between the end of the 



