148 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON LIZARDS 



the upper lip to the thigh, passing through the tympanum and 

 above the fore limb, reappearing on the back of the thigh ; upper 

 surface of head pale brown, with or without darker mottling;" 

 upper surface of fore limb pale brown, the shields dark-edged, of 

 hind limb brown with round white spots ; lower parts white ; tail 

 coral-red. These markings may entirely disappear in the adult, 

 or the dark spaces between the light streaks may be replaced by 

 longitudinal series of dark brown or black spots on a yellowish- 

 brown ground. 



Measurements, in 



millimeti 



•es. 







1. 



2. 



3. 



From end of snout to vent 



55 ' 



49 



52 



„ ,, fore limb 



... 19 



17 



18 



Head 



12 



12 



12 



Width of head 



7 



7 



7 



Depth of head 



6-5 



6 



6 



Fore limb 



19 



17 



17 





34 



31 



31 



Foot 



17 



16 



16 



Tail 





122 



123 



1. $ , Rugdeia Sogheira, 2. Ghinda. 3. ? , Ghinda. 



Particulars of specimens examined. 





1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



$ , Rugdeia Sogheira, Adal... 



55 



34 



29 



8 



26 



13-12 



29 



„ Ghinda 



53 



34 



29 



9 



21 



14-15 



30 





49 



33 



27 



9 



24 



12 



27 



JJ 5? 



49 



37 



29 



7 



22 



14-15 



28 



?, * 



55 



37 



32 



8 . 



29 



15 



29 





52 



38 



32 



7 



22 



12 



28 





47 



36 



32 



7 



25 



13 



28 



1. Length to vent (in millimetres). 2. Plates and scales across middle of body. 

 3. Transverse series of ventral plates. 4. Plates in collar. 5. Gular scales in a 

 straight line between symphysis of chin-shields and median collar-plate. 6. Femoral 

 pores (right and left). 7. Lamellar scales under fourth toe. — Same tabulation for 

 the following species. 



Habitat. Eritrea. The type-specimen is from Bogos. 



I have examined the type-specimen and one from Adal in 

 the Berlin Museum, tw T o from Rugdeia Sogheira, and 59 from 

 Ghinda, in the Genoa Museum. 



2. Philochortus phillipsii. (PI. I. figs. 3, 4.) 



Latastia phillipsii Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N* H. (7) ii. 1898, 

 p. 131. 



Head and body rather depressed. Head about \\ times as long 

 as broad, its depth equal to the distance between the centre of 

 the eye and the tympanum, its length a little more than 4 times 

 in length to vent; snout obtusely pointed, as long as postocular 

 part of head, with obtuse canthus. Pileus twice as long as broad. 



