152 MR. C4. A. BOULENGEK ON LIZARDS 



Particulars of specimens examined. 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 



^, Mt. Mauif 73 38 30 7 33 15-16 34 



cJ, „ 82 38 29 7 29 U 31 



HgT., „ 50 39 28 9 M 15 31 



$,Labej 80 42 31 8 31 16 33 



Hgr., „ 53 40 30 10 32 14-15 35 



The type-specimen, preserved in the Berlin Museum, has been 

 compared with the specimens from Lahej. 



Habitat. This species is only known from South -Western 

 Arabia inland of Aden, specimens having been obtained at Lahej 

 and in the Wadis below Mt. Manif, near Lahej. 



4. Philochortus IjSttermedius, sp. n. (PI, II. figs. 2, 3.) 



Latastia hardeggeri (non Steind.), Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. 

 (7) ii. 1898, p. 130. 



Latastia hardeggeri, part., Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1901, ii. 

 p. 145. 



Head and body rather depressed. Head \t to If times as long- 

 as broad, its depth equal to the distance between the anterioi- 

 corner or the centre of the eye and the tympanum, its length 

 4 to 4^ times in length to vent in males, 4^ to 5 times in 

 females ; snout obtusely pointed, as long as postocular part of 

 head, with obtuse canthus. Pileus 2 to 2^ times as long as 

 broad. Neck as broad as the head or a little narrower. Hind 

 limb reaching the elbow or the axil in females, the axil, the 

 shoulder, or the collar in males; foot 1^ to Ig times as long as 

 head ; toes slender, compressed. Tail 2 to 2| times as long 

 as head and body. 



Nostril separated from the upper labial and the postnasal by a 

 narrow rim ; nasals forming a suture behind the rostral, the 

 suture 1- to f the length of the frontonasal, which is broader 

 than long and broader than the internarial space ; prsefrontals 

 forming a short median suture : frontal as long as its distance 

 from the end of the snout or a little shorter, 1-| to 2 times as 

 long as broad, angular or rounded in front, narrower behind, not 

 or but feebly grooved ; parietals 1| to If times as long as broad ; 

 interparietal 2 to 3 times as long as broad, in contact with the 

 occipital, which is usually broader and about half as long. 

 4 supraoculars, first small, sometimes broken up into 2 or 3, and 

 as often as not in contact with the frontal, second and third 

 large and equal or second a little longer, fourth small and usually 

 broken up into 2 or 3 ; 6 or 7 superciliaries, separated from the 

 supraoculars by a complete series of granules, or first in contact 

 with the first and second supr-aoculars. Lower eyelid somewhat 

 transparent, with feebly enlarged scales in the middle, some of 

 Avhich may be deeper than the others. Rostral not entering the 



