484 MK. G. A. BOULENGER ON SOUTH-AFRICAN [May 28, 



6. Lygodactylus capensis a. Smith. 

 Coguno, Beira. 



*7. HOMOPHOLIS WAHLBERGII A, Smith. 

 Ooguno, 



8. Pachtdactylus bibronii a. Smith. 

 Zoutspansburg. 



*9. Agama distanti Blgr. 



Wooclbush. 



This species is also found in the Orange River Colony. 

 Specimens from Yredefort Road were presented to the Bi-itish 

 Museum by Capt. Barrett-Hamilton, and others were captured 

 by myself near Bloemfontein. 



**10. Agama mossambica Peters. 

 Beira. 



*11. ZONURUS JONESII Blgr. 

 Zoutspansburg. 



*12. Platysaurus guttatus a. Smith. 



Woodbush. 



This species varies considerably in its lepidosis, and I do not 

 think P. intermedivs Matschie entitled to stand. Of the eight 

 specimens from Woodbush three are males and five are females. 

 The males belong to the guttatus type of coloration, have the 

 lower parts of the head, body, and limbs dark blue, and the tail 

 red ; the females have three whitish longitudinal streaks in 

 addition to the light spots on the head and body, the tail is pale 

 yellowish brown, and only the middle of tl?e belly is bluish black. 

 The occipital shield is small or very small and, except in one 

 specimen, the parietals form a suture separating it from the 

 interparietal ; the frontonasal is in contact with the rostral. 



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Length to vent (in milli- 

 metres) 105 97 90 87 83 80 77 58 



Number of scales across 

 body 70 72 78 80 78 75 83 70 



Lonsritudinal rows of 



ventral plates 16 16 16 18 16 18 18 16 



Number of femoral pores 



(right & left) 16-17 17-16 17-16 19-19 16-16 19-20 17-18 17-18 



Having now examined 15 specimens which I refer to P. gut- 

 tatus, I find the scales across the body to vary from 70 to 90, the 

 longitudinal rows of ventral plates from 16 to 20, and the femoral 

 pores on each side from 15 to 20. 



jP. torquatios Peters, from Mozambique, which differs in the 

 absence of the azygous longitudinal series of enlarged gular scales, 

 has 90 to 100 scales across the body, 16 longitudinal rows of 

 ventral plates, and 17 to 21 femoral pores. 



