13. rcHNoTROPIS. 79 
Head-shields strongly striated and keeled; frontonasal single; 
interparietal pentagonal, its posterior border forming a suture with 
a distinct occipital; parietals with rounded or angular posterior 
border; two or three elongate shields on the outer border of the 
parietals ; subocular bordering the lip, between the fourth and fifth 
(or fifth and sixth) upper labials. Dorsal scales nearly as large as 
caudals; ventrals rounded, in 10 longitudinal series; 35 to 40 
scales round the middle of the body. Praanal scales small, sub- 
equal. The hind limb reaches the axilla or the shoulder. 9 to 12 
(or 13) femoral pores on each side. Tail once and a half to twice 
the length of head and body. Yellowish or reddish brown above, 
with three longitudinal series of black spots on each side, more or 
less confluent into longitudinal bands, separated by light yellowish 
streaks ; the lower black band extends along the upper lip; lower 
surfaces yellowish white. 
millim. millim 
Total length...........0. 00.0000. 137 156 
ead 2! dons ebetid demas e ae caigeeswiasehe oto 15 14 
Width of head... .. 0... eee 9°5 9 
From end of snout to fore limb .... 24 23 
From end of snout to vent ........ 61 66 
Fore limb... .. 0... cece ee eee 21 21 
Hind, WM es doer end eed woven 32 31 
aT pte Pa wats rears lye au leche a 76* 90 
Inhambane, Delagoa Bay, Kalahari Desert, Angola. 
a. 3, bad state. N.E. of Lattaku, to- Sir A. Smith [P.]. (Type of 
wards the tropic Tropidosaura dumerili.) 
of Capricorn. 
b-c. SQ. Duque de Bragance, Prof. Barboza du Bocage [P.]. 
Angola. (As typical of I. bivittata.) 
2. Ichnotropis squamulosa. 
Ichnotropis squamulosa, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 617, and 
Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 49, -pl. viii. fig. 2. 
Head-shields strongly striated and keeled; frontonasal longi- 
tudinally divided ; interparietal rhomboidal; no distinct occipital ; 
parietals obliquely truncated posteriorly ; a large shield bordering 
the parietals exteriorly ; subocular not reaching the lip, resting on 
the fifth, sixth, and seventh upper labials. Dorsal scales consider- 
ably smaller than caudals; ventrals rounded, in 10 longitudinal 
series; 46 or 48 scales round the middle of the body. The 
hind limb reaches the shoulder or the antehumeral fold. 13 to 15 
(or 16) femoral pores. Tail nearly twice as long as head and body. 
Coppery brown above, with two or three longitudinal series of small 
* Tail reproduced. 
