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This species was originally described from a single specimen; 

 numerous examples have since been obtained by Mr. Lister and 

 Mr. Andrews. 



5. Ablepharus egerise. (PI. VII, Fig. 3.) 



Ahh'phariis egerue, Boulenger, P.Z.S., 1888, p. 535. 



Snout pointed, rostral not projecting. Eye entirely surrounded 

 with granules ; upper eyelid represented by three or four larger 

 scales. Ilostral largely in contact with the frontonasal ; praefrontals 

 forming a long suture ; frontal small, in contact with the first and 

 second supraoculars ; five supraoculars, second largest, fifth smallest ; 

 seven supraciliaries ; interparietal distinct from the very large, 

 single frontoparietal ; a pair of large nuchals. Ear-opening rather 

 small, oval. Scales smooth or feebly striated, two vertebral rows 

 largest ; 26 or 28 scales round the middle of the body. Limbs well 

 •developed, pentadactyle ; the hind limb reaches the axilla in the 

 male, the elbow in the female ; digits long and slender, smooth 

 inferiorly. Tail once and a half the length of head and body. 

 Eronzy above, with blackish and pale greenish spots ; a light, dark- 

 -edged dorso-lateral band ; end of tail blue ; lower parts greenish 

 white. 



Totallength 113 mm. Fore limb 17 mm. 



Head 10 ,, Hiud limb 21 ,, 



Width of head 6 „ Tail 68 „ 



Body 35 ,, 



Numerous specimens were obtained by Messrs. Lister and 

 Andrews. 



Closely allied to the widely distributed A. houtonii, Desj., from 

 which it differs in the distinct interparietal shield. I have, how- 

 ever, recently noticed (Ann. Mus. Geneva [2], xviii, 1898, p. 719) 

 the presence of a distinct interparietal in a specimen of that species 

 from Lugh, Somaliland. A. egerice should therefore perhaps be 

 regarded as a race of A. houtonii. 



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OPHIDIA. 



Family TYPHLOPID^. 



6. Typhlops exocceti. 



Typhlops exocceti, Boulenger, P.Z.S., 1887, p. 517, and Cat. Sn., i, p. 36, pi. iii, 

 fig. 2. 



Snout depressed, rounded, strongly projecting ; nostrils inferior. 

 Rostral broad, upper portion broadest anteriorly, about half the 

 width of the head, extending to the level of the eyes ; nasal 

 incompletely divided, the cleft proceeding from the second labial ; 

 £L prseocular, of about the same size as the ocular, in contact with 



