532 ME. G. A. B0ULEN6BE ON REPTILES AND [June 18, 



the description, to api)roach Bunocnemis modesta, Gthr., discovered 

 by Dr. Gregory at Ngatana, but differs in the keeled dorsal scales, 



5. Hemidactylus smithi, sp. n. (Plate XXIX. fig. 2.) 



Head much depressed, once and three fifths as long as broad ; 

 snout rounded, longer than the distance between the eye and the 

 ear-opening, once and one third the diameter of the orbit : fore- 

 head concave ; ear-opening small, oval, oblique. Body and limbs 

 moderate. Digits moderate, inner well-developed ; 6 or 7 lamellfe 

 under the inner digits, 9 or 10 under the third and fourth. Head 

 covered \\ath granules of unequal size ; rostral four-sided, nearly 

 twice as broad as deep, with median cleft above ; nostril pierced 

 between the rostral, the first labial, and three small scales ; 13 or 

 14 upper and 10 lower labials ; symphysial triangular, broader 

 than long, but little longer than the adjacent labials, followed by 

 two rows of small chin-shields, t\\o in the anterior, three in the 

 posterior. Upper surface of body and limbs covered with small 

 granules intermixed \\'ith moderately large, round, flat grauules 

 irregularly disposed ; belly covered with imbricate, roundish, 

 smooth scales. A series of 12 femoro-prseaual pores on each side. 

 Tail slightly depressed, tapering, with transverse series of large, 

 smooth, flat tubercles ; below with a series of transversely dilated 

 shields. Grey above, with transverse angular cross-bars, finely 

 edged with black behind, on the body ; lower parts white. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 86 Fore limb 17 



Head 14 Hind limb 21 



Width of head.... 8-5 Tail 39 



Body 33 



A single, half-grown specimen. Shebeli, 5.9.94. 

 Intermediate between H. frenatus, D. & B., and H. jubensis, 

 Blgr. 



6. Hemidactylus sinaitus, Blgr. 



I refer two specimens (Boholgarshan, 4.7.94) to this species, as 

 defined by Dr. Anderson (below, p. 639), although a series of 

 enlarged subcaudals is present. The first labial is excluded from 

 the nostril by a small shield, 5 lamellae under the inner toe, 9 

 uuder the fourth. 6 prfeaual pores. The dorsal tubercles quite 

 as large as in the typical H. tiircicus. 



7. Hemidactyltjs bbookii. Gray, 



Sheikh Mahomed. 



This common West African Gecko was found afWadelai by the 

 late Emin Pasha, and in the Kibibi Basin by Dr, Gregory. It 

 probably extends right across the Soudan, 



8. Agama taillanti, Blgr, 



Dr. Donaldson Smith's collection contains three specimens of 



