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the eleven females was from Dutliumi ; this specimen measured 

 65 inches (77'82 mm.). In both of these the tail was repro- 

 duced and carrot-shaped ; the female was strikingly so, measuring 

 17 mm. across at the base and tapering to a point ; the body only 

 measured 23 mm. across. In life these Geckos have an orange- 

 colour, much brigliter on the tail ; this was so as I'egards the 

 Morogoro specimens, but I did not notice it at Mbunyi. 



The following is a note from my diary of the colour of a living 

 Morogoro specimen: — "The head and back are of a very dull 

 orange-colour; a black stripe passes through the eye; three 

 pairs of rather indefinite ocelli on the sides are connected by 

 black saddle-like markings bordered with whitish granules; the 

 tail is brilliant orange ringed with black, the rings becoming less 

 distinct on the lower surface ; throat, belly, and under- surface of 

 legs transparent white." 



Lygodactylus capensis mossambica, subsp. no v. 

 Blgr. Cat. Liz. 1885, p. 160. 



Fifty specimens of a Gecko were collected at Lumbo, P.E.A., 

 which agreed Avith the description of L. capensis (Smith) in all 

 particulars, with the exception of the f-caling on the underside of 

 the tail. In L. capensis the underside of the tail is covered with 

 large imbricate scales except in regenerated tails, where occa- 

 sionally one finds broad transverse scales in a median series. In 

 all the specimens collected at Lumbo this transversely dilated 

 median series was a constant feature both in the original and 

 renewed tails. 



There is an exceptionally fine series of Z. capensis in the 

 British Museum, and specimens were examined from the following 

 localities: — South Africa.; Transvaal (Zoutpansburg, Rusten- 

 burg, De Kaap Goldfields); Natal (Lower Unkoniaas River); 

 Rhodesia (Mazoe) ; Zululand (Indukuduku, Ngoye Hills) ; 

 Portuguese Gazaland (Jiku, Kurumadzi River) ; Portuguese 

 East Africa (Delagoa Bay, Shire Highlands); Mashonaland (Mt. 

 Chirinda) ; Tanganyika: French Congo ( Benito River) : Nyassa- 

 land (Fort Johnson, Zomba) ; Angola (Chiyaka Di.strict); Ben- 

 guella (Interior) ; South Somaliland (Lush). x\ll these agree 

 with the original description. 



Specimens from Beira, and Cogano, P.E.A., however, were 

 intermediate between the typical Z. capensis i\n(] the Liimbo race, 

 one or two of the Beira specimens being practically indistinguish- 

 able from those collected at Lumbo. In view of the large series 

 of specimens collected and the constancy of the character, I 

 propose to designate this local race as a subspecies under the 

 name of mossambica. 



The largest male measured 2g inches (35-31 mm.), and the 

 largest female just over 2;^ inches (33*22 mm. regenerated). 

 These specimens I regard as tlio typrs. The a.vei'age length of 

 nineteen males av;is (U mm. (3()-31 mm.), and of thirty-one 



