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Show 1895.] BATRACHIANS FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 537 Intermediate between Z. fiorulentus, Geoffr. (Sc. 21; V. 201- 228; C. 82-100), and Z. brevis, Blgr. (Sc. 19; V. 159; C. 76). 31. AMPLORHINUS NOTOTJENIA, Gthr. A single specimen, in bad condition. 32. HEMIRHAGERRHIS KELLERI, Bttgr. A single female specimen. Sunerdarler, 28.12.94. Sc. 17 ; V. 153 ; A. 2 ; C. 73. 33. PSAMMOPHIS SIBILANS, L. T W O specimens. Sheikh Husein, 8.10.94. Like the typical form from Egypt, but without longitudinal lines on the body; head with the yellowish, black-edged markings well-defined ; each upper labial with a brown spot; lower third of outer row of scales white. V. 161, 168 ; C. 106, ?. 34. PSAMMOPHIS PUNCTULATUS, D. & B. Turfa, 21.8.94. A single male specimen, agreeing with the one recently figured in Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xv. pi. iv. Head reddish above. 8 upper labials on the right side (fourth and fifth entering the eye), 9 on the left. V. 180 ; C. 156. 35. PSAMMOPHIS BISERIATUS, Ptrs. Four specimens. Shebeyli, 5.9.94 ; Turfa, 24.12.94. Ventrals 147-164 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 100-103. 36. PSAMMOPHIS PULCHER, sp. n. (Plate XXX. fig. 3.) Snout once and two thirds as long as the eye. Rostral broader than deep, visible from above; nostril between two shields ; internasals much shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal twice and a half as long as broad, a little narrower than the supraocular, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, nearly as long as the parietals ; loreal once and two thirds as long as deep; two prae-oculars, upper not reaching the frontal; two postoculars; temporals 14-2 ; eight upper labials, third deeper than fourth, fourth and fifth entering the eye, fifth as long as the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are a little shorter than the posterior. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 144; anal divided; subcaudals 108. Pale brownish above, with an orange black-edged vertebral stripe and a black lateral streak, running along the second row of scales and extending to the end of the snout after passing through the eye ; upper lip, outer row of scales, and outer ends of ventrals white ; ventrals yellow in the middle, with an orange line on each side. Total length 435 millim.; tail 160. A single female specimen. Webi Shebeli, 24.12.94. This species fills up the gap between P. biseriatus, Ptrs., and P. angolensis, Bocage. It is therefore a highly interesting addition |