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very faint to quite absent; median dorsal band absent. One indi- 

 vidual, body 56 mm., tail 93 mm., contained 6 young. In these the 

 lateral stripes are well defined, the median dorsal one very faint or 

 absent. The young measured as follows : Body 1 9 mm. , tail imperfect ; 

 bodv 20 mm., tail 27 mm. ; body 20 mm., tail 28 mm. ; body 21 mm., 

 tail 27 mm. ; body 22 mm., tail 25 mm. ; body 23 mm., tail 25 mm. 



A second female, body 55 mm., tail 68 mm., contained 4 young. 

 The colors of these young are slightly paler than those mentioned 

 above. These measured as follows: Body 15 mm., tail 20 mm.; 

 body 15 mm., tail 25 mm.; body 17 mm., tail 21 mm.; body 19 mm., 

 tail 23 mm. The three other specimens measured: Body 50 mm., 

 tail 63 mm.; body 53 mm., tail 78 mm.; body 46 mm., tail missing. 



Nairobi. Two specimens. The one, body 48 mm., tail 80 mm., is 

 light brown with dark brown spots, no white spots, the lateral bands 

 prominent, the median dorsal one very faint; the other, body 54 mm., 

 tail 82 mm., is slightly darker and besides the dark spots there are 

 some small white ones on the back. All of the stripes fairly well 

 defined. 



Lukenya. One specimen. Body 53 mm., tail, partly missing, 

 light brownish, with the dark brown spots and many small white 

 spots; lateral stripes prominent, median dorsal stripe not present. 



Molo. These specimens are much darker and more uniformly 

 colored than those mentioned above; the stripes though present are 

 very faint. The ventral surface is brownish white. On throat and 

 ventral surface the head is bluish which in 2 specimens (probably 

 males) extends over most of the belly. They measure as follows: 

 Body 50 mm., tail 40 mm. (not perfect); body 49 mm., tail 64 mm.; 

 body 49 mm., tail 70 mm. ; body 46 mm., tail 70 mm. ; body 40 mm., 

 tail missing. 



Lygosoma sundevallii (A. Smith). 



Kijah)e. One specimen. Body 75 mm., tail 55 mm.; each scale 

 with a brown spot; ventral surface uniform yellowish. 



Ablepharus wahlberg^ii (A.Smith). 



Voi. Body 41 mm., head 5.5 mm., width of head 4 mm., arm 

 6.5 mm., lejj 10 mm., tail imperfect. Broad dark band on sides with 

 yellow line above it, dorsal region dark brown. 



Nairobi. Body 46 mm., head 6 mm., width of head 4.5 mm., 

 arm 7 mm., leg 10 mm., tail 36 mm.; body 35 mm., tail missing, the 

 specimen in poor condition. Color same as specimen from Voi. 



