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the eleven females was from Duthumi ; this specimen measured 

 6| inches (77*82 mm.). In both of these the tail was repro- 

 duced and carrot-shaped ; the female was strikingly so, measuring 

 17 mm. across at the base and tapering to a point ; the body only 

 measured 23 mm. across. In life these Geckos have an orange- 

 colour, much brighter on the tail ; this was so as regards the 

 Morogoro specimens, but I did not notice it at Mbunyi. 



The following is a note from my diary of the colour of a living 

 Morogoro specimen : — " The head and back are of a very dull 

 orange-colour ; a black stripe passf s through the eye ; three 

 pairs of rather indefinite ocelli on the sides are connected by 

 black saddle-like markings bordered with whitish granules ; the 

 tail is brilliant orange ringed with black, the rings becoming less 

 distinct on the lower surface ; throat, belly, and under-surface of 

 legs transparent white." 



LYGODACTyLUS CAPENSIS MOSSAMBICA, Subsp. nov. 



Blgr. Cat. Liz. 1885, p. 160. 



Fifty specimens of a Gecko were collected a,t Lumbo, P.E.A., 

 which agreed with the description of L. capensis (Smith) in all 

 particulars, with the exception of the scaling on the underside of 

 the tail. In L. capensis the undeiside of the tail is covered with 

 large imbricate scales except in regenerated tails, where occa- 

 sionally one finds broad transverse scales in a median seiies. In 

 all the specimens collected at Lumbo this transversely dilated 

 median series was a constant feature both in the original and 

 renewed tails. 



There is an exceptionally fine series of L. capensis in the 

 British Museum, and specimens were examined from the following 

 localities : — South Africa, ; Transvaal (Zoutpansburg, Rusten- 

 bui'g, De Kaap Goldfields) ; Natal (Lower Unkomaas River); 

 Rhodesia (Mazoe) ; Zululand (Indukuduku, N^goye Hills) ; 

 Portuguese Gazaland (Jiku, Kurumadzi River) ; Portuguese 

 East Africa (Delagoa Bay, Shire Highlands) ; Ma,shonaland (Mt. 

 Chirinda) ; Tanganyika ; French Congo ( Benito River) : Nyassa- 

 land (Fort Johnson, Zomba) ; Angola (Chiyaka Di.st)ict) ; Ben- 

 guella (Interior) ; South Soraaliland (Lush). All these agree 

 with the original description. 



Specimens from Beira and Cogano, P.E.A., however, were 

 intermediate between the ty-piaxl L. capensis nnd the Lumbo race, 

 one or two of the Beira specimens being practically indistinguish- 

 able from those collected at Lumbo. In view of the large series 

 of specimens collected and the constancy of the character, I 

 propose to designate this local race as a subspecies under the 

 name of mossamhica. 



The lai-gest male measured 2^ inches (35'31 mm."), and the 

 largest female just over 2^ inches (33"22 mm. regeneraterl). 

 These specimens I regard as the types. The average length of 

 nineteen males was fil mm. (3()"31 mm.), and of thiitv-one 



