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and diagonally keeled, pointed and more or less distinctly 

 mucronate behind, lower keeled, except the basals ; 22 to 28 

 scales in the fourth or fifth whorl behind the postanal granules. 



Young black above with five yellowish-white longitudinal 

 streaks, the median bifurcating on the nape, the two laterals 

 as in the preceding species ; head and limbs brown above, hind 

 limbs wdth round white spots ; throat and belly white, lower 

 surface of hind limbs and tail coral-red. Adult brown above, 

 with a more or less distinct yellow vertebral streak, bifurcating 

 on the nape and extending some way down the tail ; each of the 

 dorsal plates with a small blackish spot ; sides of body pale 

 greyish brown, with a series of large blackish spots or bars ; 

 lower parts white. 



Measurements, in millimetres. 



1. 2. 3. 



From end of snout to vent ! . . 70 70 56 



fore limb ... 23 24 19 



Head 14 14 13 



Widthofhead 10 9 8 



Depth of head 7 8 6 



Fore limb 22 22 18 



Hindlimb 42 38 34 



Foot 22 21 18 



Tail 180 170 155 



1. (?, Berbera. 2. ? , Berbera. 3. '^ ,Ma.ndah, type oi L. deffeni 



Particulars of specimens examined. 



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



(J,Berbera 70 24 27 7 25 11 26 



?, ,, 70 26 30 7 28 11 25 



65 26 28 7 28 12-13 28 



„ Mandah 56 24 30 7 26 11 31 



Habitat. Northern Somaliland and Abyssinia. The type- 

 specimens, preserved in the Vienna Museum, are from between 

 Hensa and Artec, near HaiT'ar. 



This species is distinguished from the two preceding by the 

 lower number of plates and scales across the body, and by 

 the nearly constant presence of a series of granides between 

 the supraoculars and the frontal ; also by the light vertebral 

 sti"eak. 



List of the Specimens in the British Museum. 



Fhilocliortus spinalis Peters. 



1. (J . Rugdeia Sogheira, Adal, Eritrea. Marquis 0. Autinori. 



2-9. (? $ & yg. Ghinda, Eritrea. Signer Ragazzi. 



Fhilocliortus phillipsii Blgr. 

 1-2. 3" & hgr., types. Berbera, Somaliland. E. Lort Phillips, Esq. 



