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December 20th at Morogoro, on October 16th at Lumbo. The 

 last-mentioned hatched out the snme day ; the emerged young 

 one measured just under 2| inches (31 'SI mm.), which is extra- 

 ordinary when one considers the size of the egg. Two eggs 

 collected upon some books at Mombasa on November I7th, 1919, 

 also hatched out within a few days, so that the species probably 

 breeds at any time of the year. 



Flies and spiders are their usual food, but I have also taken 

 small beetles, and one particularly gorged specimen had a big 

 brown cockroach 40 mm. long in its stomach. 



This species is particularly liable to small red acarine parasites, 

 which generally are foun<l scattered about the ventral surface. 



Hemidactylus squamulatus (Torn.). 



Tornier, Tliierw. Ost-Afr. Kept. 1896, p. 10. 



Two males only, collected at Morogoro, the first under an ox- 

 hide on 8. V. 17 measured just under 2-| inches (33'26 mm.), but 

 the tail was reproduced, the second on 9. iv. 18 was 3| inches 

 (42'42 mm.). 



Compared with specimens in the Biitish Museum from Voi, 

 Tsavo, Samburu, and Kitui. 



Hemidactylus brookii (Gray). 

 Blgr. Cat. Liz. i. 1885, p. 128. 



Thirty specimens were collected at Morogoro, Duthumi, and 

 Lumbo ; at the former place they were mostly to be found in 

 grass-huts and among rubbish heaps, but at the other localities 

 they were all found on treers. 



The largest male measured 3| inches (40'40 mm.) and was from 

 Lumbo ; the largest femnle measured 3| inches (54-33 mm.), 

 thougli the tail was reproduced : it was taken at Morogoro. 

 Female with eggs taken 14.ii. 17. 



The types of this species from Borneo and Australia in the 

 British Museum were examined, as well as the fine series from 

 African localities. H. brookii has a wonderfully wide distribu- 

 tion in East Africa from Somaliland to Portuguese East ; it also 

 occurs on the West Coast. 



Hemidactylus ruspolii (Blgr.). 



Blgr. Ann. Mus. Gen. (2) xvii. 1896, p. 6. 



Seventeen specimens, of which three were from Mbunyi,B.E.A. ; 

 one from Longido West; twelve from Morogoro; and one from 

 Duthumi, G.E.A. The Mbunyi and Longido specimens were 

 taken from fissures and croA^ces of thorn-trees, the Morogoro 

 ones beneath stones and dug out of an earth-bank, where they 

 lived in holes. 



Six of these were males, of which the largest measured 5 inches 

 (67*60 mm, regenerated), from Mbunyi. By far the largest of 



