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or less continuous dark dorsolateral streak or band being present, 

 whereas the dark spots on the sides of the Durban specimens do not 

 fuse up into streaks or bands. In the scaling of the head, the fronto- 

 nasal seems relatively larger than that of a?iguina, its length being 

 about twice that of a supra-nasal, whereas in anguina the fronto-nasal 

 is hardly lh times as long as the supra-nasal. 



These specimens are also in general agreement with Boulenger's 

 description of Scelotes inomatus, Smith, in the Brit. Mus. Catalogue, 

 which seems to have been drawn up from Smith's type of the species 

 and from a specimen taken at Port Natal. They do not agree, 

 however, with Smith's original description, for the type of Lithophilus 

 inomatus had the colour of the under parts " wine-yellow," and 

 although the upper and lateral surfaces were said to be darkly spotted, 

 such was apparently not the case ventrally ; further, the fact that 



Text-fig. 1. 



Palates of several species of Scelotes, Fitring. 



K—natalensis, sp. nov., from Durban. B—gtienlheri, Blgr., from Lourenco 



Marques. C — anguina, Blgr., from Bathurst coast. D — mira, Roux, from 



Forbes Reef. D 1 — mira, Roux, half-grown specimen. 



Smith recorded his species from " arid situations in the interior of 

 Southern Africa" makes the identity of Durban specimens with 

 inomatus still more doubtful. In the Natal Museum there is a single 

 specimen from Kosi Bay, Zululand, which was labelled by Mr. 

 Boulenger as Scelotes inomatus. It agrees with the types of S. 

 na'alensis in having the chin and throat quite pale, without dark 

 spots : it differs, however, in that the palatines are united for a 

 considerable distance, just as in a typical Scelotes, and further the 

 fronto-nasal scute is not so long as in natalensis. 



Another variety which seems to be similar to the Durban form, sp 



