South African Agamas allied to Agama Jiisjnda and A. atra. 261 
adpressed hind limb reaching well beyond the ear, toes long and slender, 
fifth extending beyond the first. (3) ^ • Feet very long and slender, 
fifth not extending quite as far as the first, head as long as broad. 
(4) . Toes very long and slender, head slightly longer than broad. (5) . 
Head as long as broad, feet and toes very long and slender. (6) 9 • Enlarged 
dorsals only slightly so and in 3 longitudinal series on either side. Toes 
very long and slender, fifth not extending as far as the first. 
Kraaikluft, . Toes moderately long, fifth not extending as far as the 
first, enlarged dorsals few. 
Beaufort West, 9 . Enlarged dorsals scattered irregularly, not in 
longitudinal rows. 
Grt. Namaqualand . Several show a rather gradual change from 
A. aculeata to A. metliueni, some of them resembling A. metJmeni in dorsal 
scaling, others A. aculeata. 
Victoria West, ^ . Dorsal scaling as in Kimberley specimens ; head-scales 
very strongly keeled, subconical on the occiput ; enlarged dorsals continued 
for a short distance on the tail. 
There is scarcely any doubt that the specimens examined by us from the 
neighbourhood of Port Nolloth, which we are referring to this variety, link 
it up with A. hraclujura ; and those from the country round Kimberley and 
between it and Mafeking connect A. aculeata and J., distanti. 
This Agama in the neighbourhood of Kimberley lives on the open veld, 
where it may be seen on stones, on the tops of wooden fence-posts or poised 
on the tops of thorn trees. 
In winter it hibernates in holes, under stones and tins or in deserted 
termite heaps. 
Like the typical A. liispida it is partly herbivorous, partly insectivorous.*' 
E. Yar. ARMATA. 
Agama armata, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 616, and Eeise n. 
Mossamb. iii, p. 42, pi. vii, fig. 2 (1882) ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 352 
(1885). 
We have no doubt as to the correct application of this term, the lizard 
having been carefully described and figured by Peters from specimens 
obtained by him in the interior of Portuguese East Africa, south of the 
Zambesi (Sena and Tetta). It is an Eastern form extending southwards to 
Natal. 
Form. — Habit less stout than in the preceding, body usually less 
depressed. Head convex, longer than broad ; snout short, rounded ; canthus 
rostralis very short ; nostril directed outwards, in a convex but not tubular 
* For further particulars regarding life-history, etc., see Trans. Eoy. Soc. South 
Africa, iii, pp. 151, 152 ; Eep. South African Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1917, p. 263. 
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