952 Mil, A. LOVEKIDGE : NOTES ON 



Laceuta jacksoni Blgx\ 



Blgr. p. Z.S. 1899, p. 26, pi. x. 



I take this opportunity of correcting an error on p. 147 of my 

 previous paper, when I hastily referred specimens of this lizard to 

 Lacerla vauereselli Tornier. 



Algiroides ALLEN I Barbour. 



Barb. Proc. New Eng. Zool. Club, iv. 1914, p. 97. 



Hearing that Dr. J. Arthur was making an ascent of Mt. Kenya 

 this spring, I asked him to look out for tree-lizards, and he was 

 successful in obtaining three specimens of A. alleni on Feb. 4th 

 and 5th at 9970 feet. 



LaTASTIA JOHNSTON I Blgr. 



Blgr. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xix. 1907, p. 392. 



Seven specimens from Kimamba, Tindiga, Taborn, Nyambita, 

 and Bukoba. Was also seen at Mkata Stn., Mkata Biver, and 

 all the way to Wanii Biver along the foot-path. It shows a 

 great liking for sandy, sunny paths. 



The coloration of breeding males and females is somewlutt 

 difl'erent from that already described for this lizard in " oil" 

 plumage,'' and was as follows : — 



Malu from Tindiga, 31. viii. 22. — " General colour reddish, 

 shading into nut-brown and pale fawn posteriori)' and on tail. 

 The 'blue spots on the sides' are a very pale blue in one 

 specimen, and almost white in another. Upper and lower labials, 

 mental, lower sides of neck and belly (more particularly along the 

 edoes) heavily blotched or patched with brilliant lemon-yellow." 



Female from Kimamba . on 5. viii. 21. — "A j'cllow median 

 dorsal line with black edges commences at occipital and disappears 

 on base of tail. A yellow line from the outer edge of the parietal 

 also vanishes on the tail. Another yellow line commencing on the 

 labials passes over fore and hind limbs and disappeais on tail. 

 A series of yellow dashes, each surrounded by black, lie between 

 these two last-mentioned lines, the first dash commencing behind 

 eye, and the last ending above the hind li)ubs. Limbs slightly 

 spotted with black and yellow, but no such spots on the dors.nl 

 region which is plain brown. Throat and nuderparts of body 

 pure white." 



I thought I had some very interesting variations to report on, 

 but Mr. Boulenger has described all such in his exhaustive treat- 

 ment of this species in the Monograph *, and leaves little to be 

 added. 



The number of femoral pores cited in the Monograph for this 

 species is 13 to 16, a Nyambita specimen has 12, while the- 



* Boulenger, ' Monograph of the Lacertidu',' vol. ii. 1921, j\ 10. 



