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MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON LIZARDS 



and diagonally keeled, pointed and more or less distinctly 

 mucronate behind, lower keeled, except the basals ; 22 to 28 

 scales in the fourth or fifth whorl behind the postanal granules. 



Young black above with five yellowish-white longitudinal 

 streaks, the median bifurcating on the nape, the two laterals 

 as in the preceding species ; head and limbs brown above, hind 

 limbs with round white spots ; throat and belly white, lower 

 surface of hind limbs and tail coral- red. Adult brown above, 

 with a more or less distinct yellow vertebral streak, bifurcating 

 on the nape and extending some way down the tail ; each of the 

 dorsal plates with a small blackish spot ; sides of body pale 

 greyish brown, with a series of large blackish spots or bars ; 

 lower parts white. 



Measurements, in millimetres. 







1. 



2. 



3. 



From end of snout to 



vent 



70 



70 



56 



33 35 



fore limb . 



.. 23 



24 



19 



Head 





14 



14 



13 



Width of head 





10 



9 



8 



Depth of head 





7 



8 



6 



Fore limb 





22 



22 



18 



Hind limb 





42 



38 



34 



Foot 





22 



21 



18 



Tail 





180 



170 



155 



1. J, Berbera. 2. $ , Berbera. 3. Mandah, type of L. degeni 



Particulars of specimens examined. 







1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 





Berbera 



70 



24 



27 



7 



25 



11 



26 







70 



26 



30 



7 



28 



11 



25 



33 





65 



26 



28 



7 



28 



12-13 



28 



53 



Mandah 



56 



24 



30 



7 



26 



11 



31 



Habitat. Northern Somaliland and Abyssinia. The type- 

 specimens, preserved in the Vienna Museum, are from between 

 Hensa and Artec, near Harrar. 



This species is distinguished from the two preceding by the 

 lower number of plates and scales across the body, and by 

 the nearly constant presence of a series of granules between 

 the supraoculars and the frontal ; also by the light vertebral 

 streak. 



List of the Specimens in the British Museum. 



Philochortus spinalis Peters. 



1. J . Rugdeia Sogheira, Adal, Eritrea. Marquis O. Antinori. 



2-9. $ $ & yg. Ghinda, Eritrea. Signor Ragazzi. 



Philochortus 'philli'psii Blgr. 

 1-2. $ &hgr., types. Berbera, Somaliland. 



E. Lort Phillips, Esq. 



