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of the former tliei-efore are about the same as those of the single 

 male specimen from which the species was originally described 

 and figured*, after its discovery at "Ravine Station," Man 

 Mountains, British East Africa, at an altitude similar to that at 

 ■which the specimens now studied were obtained. 



Description of the Skull of the Male. 



Dimensions, — Total length 21 mm. ; width 12 mm. (as measured 

 between the extreme points of the zygomatic processes of the 

 jugular bones) ; height 6 mm. 



Its width is thei^efore contained 1-9 times in its length, and its 

 height 3-3 times. 



Text-fiG-. 5. 



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Skull nf male. 

 Tipper, lower, lateral and posterior aspects. X 2^. 



General Configuration. — Remarknbly depressed, as may be 

 noted from its proportionate dimensions, and fuither seen in the 

 above figure representing the profile. 



Facial portion. Snout short, broadish at base, terminating in 

 a- bluntly rounded-off prsemaxillary. 



* " On New Lizards from the Interior of British East Africa," by G. A, Bo\ileng-er) 

 F.K.S., Proc. Zool. See. 1899, pp. 96 & 07, ]il. x. 



