REPTILES FROM SOMALI- AND GALLA-LAND 9 



pierced in the middle; frontonasal pentagonal, longer than broad, 

 separating the praefrontals , and forming a broad suture with 

 the frontal; frontal very narrow, hexagonal; interparietal large, 

 nearly as long as and much broader than the frontal, pointed 

 in front and in contact with the frontoparietals, rounded behind; 

 temporals in five longitudinal rows; no spines; four supraoculars; 

 three supraciliaries ; a loreal, a praeocular, and two suboculars; 

 six lower labials and five large chin-shields on each side; gular 

 scales small, keeled, gradually increasing in size posteriorly. 

 Dorsal scales large, strongly keeled, pointed behind, in 20 lon- 

 gitudinal and 24 transverse series. Ventral scales in 12 longi- 

 tudinal and 28 transverse series, obtusely keeled on the breast 

 and sides. Praeanal scales small, subequal. Three femoral pores 

 on each side. Tail with whorls of large strongly keeled spinose 

 scales ; the keels strong even on the subcaudal scales. Reddish 

 browm above and beneath, dark brown along the middle of the 

 back and on the sides. 



Total length 79 millim. 



Head 13 



Width of head ....... 10 



Body 26 



Fore limb 15 » 



Hind limb 19 



Tail 40 



A single young specimen from Giacorsa, Gallaland. 



12. Eremias sextaeniata, Stejneger. — Web district; a single 

 specimen. Laku ; a single specimen. 



13. Eremias mucronata, Blanf. — Laftarugh ; a single specimen. 



14. Eremias smithii, Blgr. — Milmil; a single male specimen. 

 Agrees well with the type specimen, from the same locality. 



A small shield between the interparietal and the occipital ; col- 

 lar with nine plates ; 72 scales across the middle of the body ; 

 20 femoral pores on each side. 



15. Mabuia planifrons, Ptrs. — Wageli ; a single specimen. 

 Web valley ; a single specimen. 



