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keeled. Limbs moderate, Avitli scales very unequal in size ; hind 

 limb reaching between the shoulder and the ear ; tibia as 

 long as the skull to occiput ; fingers short, third longest ; 

 third and fourth toes equal, or fourth very slightly the longei-, 

 fifth not extending as far as first. Tail shorter or a little longer 

 than head and body, cylindrical or slightly compressed, co\eied 

 with strongly keeled scales. Male without gular pouch, with a 

 single row of anal pores. Olive-brown or reddish brown above, 

 with dark brown or blackish spots, the principal of which foi-m a. 

 double series along the back, each pair separated on the vertebral 

 line by a square or 3C-shaped or Q -shaped yellowish marking ; 

 lower parts whitish or greyish, with a wide-marked grey or 

 blackish network, which may disappear in adult males ; the latter 

 always have a bluish throat. 



S. ?. 



millhn. millim. 



Total length 235 160 



Head 29 22 



Width of head 28 22 



Body 81 63 



Fore limb 53 40 



Hind limb 72 54 



Tail 125 75 



A . hrachyura difiers from A . hisjyida principally in the f oui-th 

 toe not being shorter than the third and in the absence of strong- 

 keels on the ventral scales. 



8. Agama armata Peters. 

 Hluhluwe Sti-eam. 



9. Agama atra Daud. 



Klipfontein, 



Both A. microjjliolis Matschie (Zool. Jahrb., Syst. v. 1890, 

 p. 607), and A. microterolejns Blgr. (Ann. & Mag. N. H. [6] xvii. 

 1896, p. 22), from the Transvaal, must be added to the synonymy 

 of this species. 



10. ZONURUS POLYZOXUS A. Smith. 

 Port Nolloth, Klipfontein. 



11. PSEUDOCORDYLUS MICROLEPIDOTUS CuV. 



Wakkerstroom . 



12. Cham^saura anguina L. 

 Umfolosi Station. 



13. Varanus albigularis Daud. 

 Umfolosi Station. 



