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Annals of the Teansvaal Museum. 
Chamaesauru macrolepis Cope. — Lower Tugela (A. Bentley), Durban 
Museum. 
Platysaurus . — Mr. Boulenger unites capensis and guttatus. All the 
specimens I have seen agree with guttatus, and are different in general 
appearance from the form figured by Smith as capensis. Apparantly 
capensis has never been taken again from the locality (Great Namaqua- 
land) given by Smith. My species wilhelmi is a distinct form, the adult 
male differing from guttatus in its broader head and heterogeneous dorsal 
lepidosis. 
Nucras. — Dr. Werner has many records of tessellata from German 
South-West Africa, but apparently he has not seen delalandi from that 
part, though he adds that the species is recorded (Brit. Mus. Cat.) from 
Damaraland ; this record needs confirmation. The specimen from Shilo- 
wane recorded by me as doubtfully delalandi should be referred to tessel- 
lata. The Kimberley Museum has the same form of tessellata from Maran- 
dellas (Rhodesia). The largest Marandellas specimen is of large size, 
rather like delalandi, but the adpressed limbs are overlapping ; there are 
41 scales across the body dorsally and there are 31 transverse rows of 
ventrals ; three granules between the supraoculars and supraciliaries ; 
dorsally it is almost uniformly light brown with the merest indication of 
dorsolateral and middorsal pale streaks, the sides are blackish with some 
pale scales, and anteriorly is an indication of pale vertical streaks. Along 
with this came two other specimens, typically tessellata in markings, but 
considerably smaller than the above. I judge from this that tessellata 
tends to lose its stripes with age. 
Tropidosaura montana D.B. — Grahamstown (Miss G. E. Baines). 
Ichnotropis capensis Smith. — Marandellas (Rhodesia), Kimberley 
Museum. Mr. Boulenger cites German South-West Africa, but Dr. Werner 
says it is not known from that region. 
Ichnotropis squamulosa Pet. — Pongola River (Transvaal Museum). 
Ercmias lugubris Smith. — Francistown (Bro. J. H. Power). Dr. 
Werner cites <k Aar, Siidafrika ”, which appears to be a Cape record, the 
only one known to me. 
Eremias inornata Roux. — According to Mr. Boulenger a synonym of 
undata Smith, but I do not so regard it. From the excellent figure and 
description given by Dr. Roux, it appears to be nearer namaquensis and 
if there be sufficient reason for uniting inornata with undata it will be 
necessary to include also namaquensis. Dr. Werner remarks that nama- 
quensis and undata are very closely allied. However, the scaling of the 
lower eyelid will distinguish the three forms and as 1 have found this charac- 
ter very constant in other species (cp. lineocellata) . it seems advisable to 
recognize the three forms as distinct species. This character is probably 
less variable than the number of rows of ventral scales, and is therefor 
more reliable for separating allied species, though Mr. Boulenger prefers the 
latter character in his key. 
Eremias lineocellata D.B. and pulchella Gr y. — No doubt these are 
extremes of the same species and they are united by Mr. Boulenger. I 
think it is desirable to retain the names for as geographical varieties they 
are fairly distinct. They were maintained both by Roux and Werner 
