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females 57 mm. (29*28 mm.) ; a few specimens with regenerated 

 tails are included in these averages. 



Coloration from notes made from the living Gecko, as follows: — 

 " Grey or olive-brown above, darker or lighter according to 

 habitat. Black lateral lines spotted with cream commence at 

 nostrils and disappear at, or on hind legs. A pair of dorso- 

 lateral lines bordered on their inner edge by fawn-coloured lines 

 commence on frontal region and vanish on tail. In some speci- 

 mens these lines were broken into a series of dots, in others they 

 were very indistinct. Whole dorsal surface much mottled with 

 darker and lighter sjjots. Throat pure white, bespeckled in 

 males; rest of under surface yellowish-white. Regenerated tails 

 plumbeous." 



Eggs two in number, pure white, more bird-shaped than most 

 Gecko eggs. Measured 7 mm. x 6 mm. Laid in crevices of bark. 

 Eggs collected on 27. vii, 18 hatched on 16.x. 18. Newly emerged 

 young measured 24 mm. (13*11 mm.). 



Blue-bottle fly, large beetle larva, and small brown beetles were 

 found in stomach. On one occasion I saw a young Gecko seize a 

 small staphylinid beetle and drop it quickly, shaking its head 

 vigorously as does a person after taking a nauseous draught. 



The type specimens and others have been given to the British 

 Museum. Co-types have been donated to the National Museum 

 of Wales, Manchester Museum, American Museum of Natural 

 History, Smithsonian Institute, Prof. Barbour at Harvard 

 University, and Nairobi Museum, British East Africa. 



Lygodactylus FiscnERi scHEFFLERi (Sternf.). 



Sternfeld, Ergebn. Deutsch. Zentr. Afr. Exp. 1918, iv. 2, 

 p. 206. 



Two males taken on thorn-trees at Mbunyi (15. v. 16). The 

 larger measures 2| inches (26*30 mm.). 



Lygodactylus grotei (Sternf.). 



Sternfeld, S.B. Ges. Naturf. Berlin, 1911, iv. p. 245. 



Twenty-one specimens in all were collected — nine males, nine 

 females, and three immature young. Localities — Morogoro, 

 Msiha, Duthumi. The favourite haunts of this species were the 

 banana-palms and paupau-trees, on whose stems they disported 

 themselves in the sunshine ; occasionally they were found on 

 shrubs, stumps, or low bushes. 



The largest male measured 2| inches (32*38 mm.), the largest 

 female 2f inches (33*37 mm.). On February 24th, 1917, a pair 

 were seen iii coitu on a spi-ay of mimosa thorn. It was about 

 8 A.M., and the sun was causing the heavy dew-drops to glisten. 



Lygodactylus picturatus (Peters). 



Blgr. Cat. Liz. i. 1885, p. 161. 

 Porty specimens available for pi'esent paper ; large series from 



