954 Mil. A. loveiudge: notes on 



I. gave out tliat a small reward would be paid for all lizards 

 brought in, and by 3 p.m. my boy had paid out for 150. On 

 learning this I stopped the ofi'er, and in future was more careful 

 in asking for specimens, as I had no wish to desti-oy such numbers 

 of a useful little creature. 



The largest male measured 6| inches (52 + 115), and female 0|| 

 (45 + 115). 



A careful examination of this long series for Stejneger's 

 Eremias sexiceniata only revealed four aberrant specimens. Two 

 of these had the subocular separated from the buccal margin by 

 the 5th and 6th labials, whilst two others had the subocular 

 separated on the one side by a 5th, or 5th and 6th la))ial, whilst 

 the other side was perfectly normal. The only two specimens taken 

 at Gwao's — a male and female; — were alike in having but 4 labials 

 anterior to the subocular on the right side and 5 on tho left. 

 JiJ. sexUeniata was probably founded on two abnoi-mal individuals 

 which, in addition to the subocular being se|)ai'a,ted from the 

 mouth, had the central light dorsal line completely divided, making 

 six dorsal lines in all. The abnormal specimens referied to above 

 had only the anterior portion of the central line divided, as is 

 typical in JE. spekii. 



A female with enlarged ovules measuring 10x6 mm. Avas taken 

 at Dodoma on 20. xi. 21. Many new-born young were seen on 

 the road from Mpanira to Pwaga (13-15. ii. 23). 



Specimens from Suna and Tambali had their stomachs full of 

 termites. 



Two were taken from the stomach of a Ha\^'k {Alelierax ineta- 

 bates) fit V\ugu, 11. xi. 21, and the pregnant female referred to 

 above was in the stomach of an Augur J:Ju'/!zard {Buteo augur) at 

 Dodoma, 20. xi. 21. 



G E n 11 11 o s A u mu /ic. 



Gerhhosaurus major A. Dum. 

 Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. 1887, p. 121. . 



Seen at Zanzibar, Mt. Kirui, Mkindo River, Kilosa, TJlugu, and 

 Luguo. Most of these specimens could have been captured if 

 desired. 



At Mt. Kirui they occur at a great altitude, and as elsewhere, 

 are associated with rocks, under which they retreat ; one caught at 

 Kipera, however, had its refuge in a hollow tree-trunk, where it 

 remained whilst a fierce bush-fire buint up the surrounding 

 herbage and blazed for fully five minutes against its retreat, which 

 was full of sinoke. It emerged none the Avorse when the lire had 

 .passed. 



My native collector, Avho has caught several of these lizards, 

 .states that he saw one dead at Luguo Avhich had a bright red belly 

 and was not so coloured from putrefaction. 



