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MR. A. LOVERIDGE OX 



Ex-German East Africa : West Mt. Loiigido, Arnsclia, Mosclii, 

 Kalie, Palms, T.same, Gonya, Mkomasi, Mombo, Kerogwe, Han- 

 deiii, Lukigiira, Makindu (Msiha River), Ngeri-Ngeri, Mikesse, 

 Mkuyuni, Matoiubo, Duthumi, Tabora, Dodoino, Koiigwa, Moro- 

 goi-o, Dar-es-Salaaiii. 



Zanzibar. 



Portuguese East Africa : Luinbo (on mainland 3 miles from 

 Mozambique), Delagoa Bay. 



The identitication was c iri-ied out at the British Museum at 

 South Kensington, where I had the advantage of examining the 

 types of a great many of the species referred to in the following 

 pages, as well as large series for comparison from many localities. 

 The notes were afterwards worked up at home. 



I should like to take this opportunity of thanking Mr. G. A. 

 Boulenger for the great kindness which he showed me. Not 

 merely by according me free access to his papers and the collec- 

 tions in his care, but at all times so readily giving advice, 

 examining specimens, or making lengthy translations from the 

 Germa,n text. Without his kindly oversight 1 should never have 

 completed these notes, or, if completed, should without doubt 

 have made many blunders. 



It is with the object of showing my appreciation for the help 

 so freely given that [ have associated Mr. Boulenger's name with 

 the only new lizard found in the collection, an interesting limb- 

 less burrowing 8kink described in the following pages. 



Only one local race has been given a subspecific name, though 

 on colour grounds the Mombasa (Frere Town) form of Lygo- 

 dacti/lus picturatus, the Dodoma specimens of Agama lionotus, 

 and the Longido specimens of Mahaia brevicollis might be con- 

 sidered by some as meriting formal names. 



Measurements are given to the nearest eighth of an inch, 

 followed by the exact measurements iii millimetres of the length 

 of head and body followed by the tail length wlien intact. 



I am indebted to Mr. H. A. Baylis for identifying the jDarasitic 

 worms found in many species of lizards. Some of these are pos- 

 sibly new, and as the descriptions have not yet been published, 

 only the generic names are given in the following pages. 



G E C K O N I D J5. 



Hemidactylits citernii ( Blgr.). 



Blgr. Ann. Mus. Gen. (3) v. 1912, p. 329. 



A single male was collected at Nairobi on 3. iv. 15. It was 

 found beneath a stone on the hillside. Total length 2J inches 

 (38-35 mm.). 



The type locality of this recently described species is in Somali- 

 land. , The type is in the British Museum, and the above speci- 

 men was identified for me by Mr. Boulenger. This new record 

 shows the species to l)e widely spread. 



