9. LATASTIA. ‘ 57 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 290 From end of snout 
Mead wiec evn aekes 21 to vent ........ 80 
Width of head .... 12 Fore limb ........ 25 
From end of snout Hind limb........ 50 
to forelimb .... 32 Math! Scheie Setaats 210 
Brava, East Africa. 
4. Latastia spinalis *. 
Lacerta spinalis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 369, pl. —. fig. 2. 
Head small; snout short, obtuse. -A single postnasal; frontal 
narrowed posteriorly, feebly grooved; two large supraoculars, pre- 
ceded and followed by a few small shields, and separated from the 
supraciliaries by a series of granules; interparietal very narrow }; 
a small occipital; a band-like shield usually borders the parietal 
externally, and another, curved one, the ear supero-anteriorly ; 
temporal scales granular, smooth; no auricular denticulation ; sub- 
ocular bordering the lip, between the fourth and fifth or fifth and 
sixth upper labials. Gular scales moderate, gradually increasing in 
size towards the collar, which is angular, with toothed edge, and 
composed of 8 to 10 plates; the three anterior pairs of chin- 
shields in contact. Nuchal scales granular, convex; four longitu- 
dinal series of large, irregular, imbricate, smooth, or fecbly keeled 
scales along the middle of the back ; lateral scales small, smooth or 
feebly keeled, imbricate ; 34 to 42 scales across the middle of the 
body. Ventral plates in 6 straight longitudinal and 27 to 32 trans- 
verse scries; the plates of the median and outer series narrower 
than the others, but much broader than long; no small pectoral 
scales. Praanal plates small and irregular, or two median enlarged. 
Femoral pores 12 to 15. Tail twice to twice and a halfas long 
as head and body; upper caudal scales strongly keeled, basal 
subcaudals smooth. The type specimen is brown above, with 
six lighter longitudinal streaks; lower surfaces and upper lip 
white. The specimen in the Collection is pale brown above, 
with a lateral series of black spots. 
millim. millim. 
Total length ...... 168 From end of snout 
fc I =1:1(0 arene er era 12 to vent ........ 55 
Width ofhead .... 7 Fore limb ........ 19 
From end of snout Hind limb........ 34 
to forelimb .... 19 aa. ei seins eae 113 
Abyssinia. 
a 3. Rugdeia Sogheira, Adal. Marquis G. Doria [P.]- 
* This species is described from the specimen in the Collection, as well as from 
the type (7633) and a male from Adal Country (10270) in the Berlin Museum, 
and a female specimen in Dr. v. Bedriaga’s collection. ; 
+ Its absence in the type specimen is an individual anomaly. 
