306 DISCUSSION ON THE FAUNA OF [May 5, 



In the following list I have enumerated all the Reptiles and 

 Batrachians of British Central x\frica of which specimens with 

 localities are preserved in the British Museum. 



LIZARDS. 



1. Hemidactylus MABOuiA, Mor. ; Cat. Liz. i. p. 122. 

 Shire Valley. 



2. Pachydactylus oshaughnessyi, Blgr. ; Cat. Liz. i. 

 p. 204, pi. xvi. fig. 3. 



Lake Nyassa (Thehuall ; Simons). 



3. Varanus albigularis, Daud. ; Cat. Liz. ii. p. 308. 

 Lake Nyassa. 



4. Monopeltis sphenorhynchus, Ptrs. ; Cat. Liz. ii. p. 455. 

 Shire Valley. 



5. NucRAs tessellata, Smith ; Cat. Liz. iii. p. 52. 

 Lake Nyassa. 



6. Lygosoma sundevallt. Smith ; Cat. Liz. iii. p. 307. 

 Lake Nyassa (Thehvall). 



7. Ablepharus wahlbergi, Smith ; Cat. Liz. iii. p. 350. 

 Lake Nyassa {Thelwall). 



SNAKES. 



8. Typhlops obtusus, Ptrs. 



Typhlops obtusus, Peters, Men. Berl. Ac. 1865, p. 260, pi. — . 

 fig. 2, and Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 95 (1882). 

 Shire Valley. 



9. SiMOCEPHALUS NYASSA, Gthr. 



Simocephalus nyassce, Giinther, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) i. 1888, 

 p. 328. 



Lake Nyassa. 



10. Prosymna ambigua, Bocage. 



Prosymna ambigua, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. iv. 1873, p. 218. 

 Shire Valley. 



11. Chlorophis irregularis, Leach. 



Ahcetulla irregularis, GUnth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 152 (1858). 

 Pliilothamnus irregularis, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. ix. 1882, p. 4. 

 Ahcetulla shirana, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) i. 1888, p. 326. 

 Shire Valley, Blantyre Mission Station {Simons). 



