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besides a black lateral line passing from the eye over the ear to a point 
about half way along the tail : and below this last another light streak 
from the rostral along the upper lip below the eye through the ear to the 
tail. 
This animal was frequently found in rocky places and was observed 
to be partly arboreal. 
M. acutilabris , Pet. 
Bouleng., 1. c. p. 208 : and Ann. S. A. Mus. V. 1910, p. 486 : Werner, 1. c p. 319. 
A single specimen, No. 3281, from the dry river-bed at Wasserfall 
below the Great Karas Mountains. Length, 58 + 102 mm. 
Genus Scelotes, Fitzing. 
Bouleng., B. M. Cat. Ill, p. 408. 
S. capensis , Smith. 
Gongylus capensis, Smith, 111. Rept., App. p. 10. 
S. capensis , Bouleng., 1. c., p. 412, pi. 39, fie. 12: Werner, Rept. Amph. Schultzes Reise, 1910, 
p. 350. 
2 examples, one from under a stone, the other from earth mould 
lodged in crevices of rocks, in the mountains at Narudas Slid; altitude 
about 4800 feet. Nos. 3318, and 3319. 
Colour olive-brown above, every scale with a dark spot at the base : 
a light dorso-lateral streak : flanks darker : tail bluish : lower surfaces 
grey, each scale dirty white with a dark spot : chin and throat almost 
white. 
Length of largest specimen 47 + 29 mm. : in both cases the tail has 
been regenerated and is considerably shorter than the body. 
Family CHAMAELEONTIDAE. 
Genus Chamaeleon, Laur. 
Bouleng., B. M. Cat. Ill, p. 438. 
C. namaquensis , Smith. 
Bouleng., 1. c. p. 462: Werner, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. XV, 1902, p. 369, Taf. 16, and “Das 
Tierreich,” 27, Chamaeleontidae, 1911, p. 40. 
2 examples, on the higher plateau, between Kraikluft and Alt 
Wasserfall. One was found crossing a road, and the other perched on the 
top of a bush. It did not appear to be more active on the ground than 
G. quilmsis. 
O PH ID I A. 
Family COLUBRIDAE. 
AGLYPHAE. 
Genus Prosymna, Gray. 
Bouleng., B. M. Cat. II, p. 246. 
P. bergeri, Lindholm. 
P. bergeri , Lindholm, Jahrb. Nassau. Ver. 55, 1902, p. 57: Bouleng. Ann. S. A. Mus. V. 1910, 
p. 509. 
A single example (2000) at Narudas Slid, in the mountains, at about 
4800 feet. 
Ventrals 185, caudals in 36 rows. 
