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advance of the shoulder. Digits moderately long and slender. 

 Tail contracted behind the basal swelling, rapidlj tapered to a 

 fine point, shorter than the body and head. No prseanal pores, 

 and no enlarged scales on the position occupied by these structures. 

 General colour of the upper parts pale but rich fawn, with 

 irregular dark brown markings, most pronounced on the head, 

 feeble on the upper surface of the trunk, and tending to 

 anastomose ; the most pronounced head-marking occurs behind 

 the eye, and curving inwards tends to unite with its fellow of the 

 opposite side ; an ill-defined pale brown band from the ear along 

 the side; tail banded to its tip with dark brown; chin to vent, 

 and sides of belly whitish ; under surface of limbs and tail 

 yellowish. 



S c? 



Snout to vent 60 54 



Length of head 18 18 



Width of head 14 11 



Vent to tip of tail 53 51 



This species is distinguished from S. elegans, Fitz., by its 

 longer and broader head, by an additional row of scales on each 

 side of the central digital lamellae, by its tapered and finely 

 pointed tail, and by its difi'erent coloration. 



Teopiocolotes TBiPOiiTANtrs, Peters. 



Tropiocolotes tripolitanus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1880, p. 306, 

 pi. — . fig. 1 ; Blgr. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 1891, p. 108. 



Stenodactylus tripolitanus, Blgr. Cat. Liz. B. M. i. 1885, 

 p. 19. 



6 specimens from around pyramids of Gizeh, under stones. 



Heretofore, known only from Tripoli and Tunisia. 



Tropiocolotes steudnebi, Peters. 



G-ymnodactylus steudneri, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1869, p. 788 ; 

 Gasco, Viaggio in Egitto, pt. ii. 1876, p. 113 : Blgr. Cat. Liz. 

 B. M. i. 1885, p. 34. 



Stenodactylus petersii, Blgr. op. cit. i. p. 18, pi. iii. fig. 4. 



Sfenodactylus steudneri, Blgr. op. cit. iii. 1887, p. 480. 



Tropiocolotes steudneri, Big''. Trans. Zool. Soc. xiii. 1891, 

 p. 108. 



1. Neighbourhood of pyramids of Gizeh, under stones. 

 15. Margin of desert, Luxor ; dug out of small holes. 



1. Desert of Philae. 



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