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Lacertid^. 

 Gastropholis vittata (Fischer). 

 Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. 1887, p. 7. 



Two specimens of this scarce lizard were obtained ; both were 

 females, and neither specimen had the long tail intact. The larger 

 was found bottled witliout data, in a German house at Morogoro. 

 Head and bodjMiieasured 3^ inches (83" ? mm.). The smaller was 

 taken at Lumbo, and measured 2g inches (67- ? mm.) in head and 

 body. Type from Zanzibar in Brit. Mus. 



Lacerta vauereselli (Tornier). 



Torn. Zool. Anz. 1902, xxiv. p. 701. 



Two specimens wera obtained. One was shot at ISTgong high 

 up on a tree-trunk ; as this specimen is in the Xairobi Museum 

 at time of writing I aiii unable to give its sex or measurements. 

 Ngong Forest edge, 20. ix. 15. 



The other is a male caught at Parklands Forest edge on 28. ix. 15. 

 It measures 6g inches over all (60"96 mm.) The tail is possibly 

 regenerated. The frontal scale is of equal width along its length, 

 not broader anteriorly. It has nineteen femoral pores on the 

 right leg and eighteen on the left. 



Nucras EUiisi (Blgr.). 



Blgr. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xix. 1907, p. 488. 



Three specimens were caught in B.E.A. and G.E.A. In each 

 case they were running about in sandy paths or places. Their 

 measurements are as follows : — 



Male. Kagiado, 28.xii. 15. 6 inches (68*80, regenerated). 



Female. Bissel, 4. i. 16. 6| „ (60- 98 mm.). 



Female. Longido West, l.ii. 16. 6| ,, (65.106 mm.). 



Latastia Lo^TGICAUI)ATA (Reuss). 

 Blgr. Oat. Liz. iii. 1887, p. 55. 



Seven specimens in all. A young one at Voi, 17.vi. 16. ; a 

 balf -grown one from Mbunyi, 15. v. 16; and five adults, of which 

 ■four were females, from Dodoma, 8.xii. 18, At no other place 

 did I see such fine specimens of this handsome lizard as at 

 Dodoma. All tliree localities were sandy with scattered thorn- 

 bush, beneath which the lizards quickly took cover ; owing to their 

 agility in so doing, only a few specimens were taken, though the 

 crea,ture was abundant at Dodoma. 



The largest male measured almost 12 inches (100202 mm.) 

 and the largest female 12| inches (95-220 mm.). The male's tail 

 appears to be intact. One of the Dodoma females had ten eggs in 

 the ovcvry. Remains of beetles were common in their stomachs; 

 one had a grasshopper, whilst another had gorged on a false- 

 spider (Solifugid), and the remains of a false-spider's jaws were 



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