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passes through ear and ends at hind-leg ; in some specimens this 

 line is broken up into short white dashes. Black bars and dashes 

 unite this parallel series of lines, and are also seen to a lesser 

 extent on the anterior part of tail. Sides marked with pale 

 green blotches. Upper and lower labiajs and under surface of 

 body are china-white.'' 



On December 13th, 1917, four eggs were found in a female. 

 A Gerrliosauriis major lizai-d in captivity was seen to seize and 

 eat one of these Eremias, and while it was so occupied, a Gerrho- 

 saurus Jiavignlaris in the same case came up and tried to take it 

 away. Specimens of this lizard were also found in the stomach 

 of a Harrier [Circus macritrus)^ Morogoro, 28. ii. 18, and in a 

 Kestrel {Cerchneis tinnunculus)^ Morogoro, 4,xii. 17. In both in- 

 stances there were also lizards of other families in the stomach. 



HoLASPis GUENTHERi (Gray) ? 

 Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. 1887, p. 118. 



Daring an action at Matombo, 13. ix. 16, I saw what I believe 

 to be this lizard coming down the trunk of a large tree. It was 

 a handsome creature with a, blue tail and good deal of blue about 

 the back. On breaking camp two days later I again passed this 

 tree, and left the road to inspect. As I rode up I caught sight of 

 the lizard running up the trunk. As no specimen was collected 

 I cannot be sure of the species, however. 



Gerrhosauridj^. 



Gerrhosaurus major (A. Dum.). 

 Blgr. Cat. Liz. iii. 1887, p. 121. 



Seven specimens in all were collected ; their variations can best 

 be shown in the following table : — 



Index 

 letter. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Measurements 

 H. & B., Tail. 



Colour. Scale characters. 



{a) ... 



M. 



Lumbo. 



240-315 



Fulvous brown. Fronto-nasal 7iot in con- 









tact witli rostral 



ih) ... 



F. 





240-235 



„ ,, in contact 









with rostral. 



{c) ... 



M. 



Morogoro. 



175-250 



)5 5 5 55 J5 



(d) ... 



M. 





200-267 



Dark brown, not in con- 









spotted 3'ellow. tact with rostral. 



(e) ... 



F. 





200-260 





if)- 



F. 





142-172 





iff) ... 



F. 



Dodoma. 



210-217 



55 55 55 55 



It will thus be seen that all the specimens with the exception 

 of "6" and "c" disagree with one of the specific characters of 

 G. major in that the fronto-nasal scale is not in contact with the 

 rostral. The Lumbo specimens were taken at almost the same 



