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dactyJus coctwi, D. & ^.,-—H. flaviviridis, Euppell ; Agama isolepis, 

 Blgr.,= 4. jayahari, Anders. ; Varanus griseus, Daud. ; Lacerta 

 jayahari, Blgr. ; Lytorhynalius diadema, D. & B. ; Dipsas ohtusa, 

 'Sie-asi, = TarhopKs guentheri, Anders. ; and Bufo andersoni, Blgr. 



In the same year, Mr. Boulenger, in the third volume of his 

 ' Catalogue of Lizards,' mentioned the following species as repre- 

 sented in Arabia •.—'Acanthodactylusscutellatus, D. & B., Uremias 

 mucronata, Blauf., Eremius rubropunctata, Licht., Mahuia quin- 

 quetceniata, Licht., and Chamceleon calcarifer, Peters ; and, in 1888, 

 he described a new Eryx from Maskat, E. jayahari. 



Mr. H. C. Hart, in his ' Fauna and Flora of Sinai, Petra, and 

 Wadi Arabah ' (1891), recorded Shynchocalamus melanocephalus, 

 Gthr., = OUgodon melanocephalus, Gthr., from Petra half-way 

 between Akahah and the Dead Sea, and Sana esculenta, Linn., 

 from Grhor, at the southern extremity of the Dead Sea. 



Prof. O. Boettger, in 1802, added Scincus Tiemprichii, "Wiegm., 

 to the Arabian fauna. 



In ihe following year, Mr. P. Matschie described a new species 

 of JLatastia as Philochortus neumanni=L. neumanni, ivova Aden, 

 and mentioned the presence in the same locality of Mahuia 

 pulchra, Matschie, = lf«6M«a hrevicollis, Wiegm., Bana ehren- 

 lergi, Peters, = H. cyanophlyctis, Schn., and Bufo arabicus, 

 Matschie, = ? Bufo penfoni, Anders. 



In 1894,1 described two new lizards from the district between- 

 Makallah and the Hadramut, viz. : — Uromastisc {Aporoseelis) 

 henti a.nA. Phry no cephalus arabicus; and, in the following year, 

 added two new lizards from Aden, Semidaetylus yerhurii and 

 Mahuia tessellata, and pointed out that the Muscat snake iden- 

 tified by Mr. Boulenger as Bipsas obtusa, Eeuss, is a distinct 

 species '«h\c\\l.'DL&rae6.Tarhop}iis gueniheri. I also recorded the 

 presence of Acanthodacfylus cantoris, Gthr., and Bufo pentoni, 

 Anders., at Aden. 



In the foregoing list of lieptiles and Batrachia, collected on 

 Mr. Bent's Expedition, the following are additions to the fauna 

 of Arabia, viz. : — Stenodactylus (O.) pulcher, n. sp., Bunopus 

 hlanfordii, Strauch, Prisiurus collaris, Steindaohn., Agama adra- 

 mitana, n. sp., Eremias brevirostris, BJanf., Scincus conirostris, 

 Blanf., and the puff-adder, Vipera arietans, Merrem. 



To this list has to be added the new Agama from Maskat, 

 Agama jayahari, the chameleon from Yemen, G. calyptratus, 

 A. Dameril, and the Glauconia from Aden, O. nursii, Anders. 



