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Show 732 MR. G. A. BO ULENGER ON ADDITIONS TO THE LIZARD [Dec 4, CHAMJESAURA MIOPROPUS. Fore limb reduced to a minute clawed vestige, no longer than a scale; hind limb much more developed, nearly half as long as the head, ending in a single claw, as in C. anguina. One femoral pore. Head-shields and scaling of the body as in C. anguina. Yellowish, with four pale brown stripes, the median pair edged with black on the outer side. ( millim. Total length .............. 550 Head 15 Tail 430 Fore limb 1 Hind limb 7 A single specimen from Fwambo, British Central Africa. Collected by M r . A. Carson. In the first Beport I described a species (C. didactyla) intermediate between C. cenea and C. anguina. The one now established fills up the gap between C. anguina and C. macrolepis. The five species of Chamcesaura may be distinguished as follows:- A. Both pairs of limbs very distinct. Limbs pentadactyle; 28 scales round the body 1. cenea, W g m . Limbs didactyle; 26 scales round the body 2. didactyla, Blgr. Limbs monodactyle; 26 scales round the body 3. anguina, L. B. Fore limb very minute or absent; hind limb monodactyle. Fore limb distinct; 26 scales round the body 4. miopropus, Blgr. No trace of fore limb externally; 22 scales round the body 5. macrolepis, Cope. DlPLOGLOSSUS BIVITTATUS. (Plate XLVIII. fig. 5.) Head slightly distinct from neck; snout moderate, Avith obtuse canthus; ear-opening small. A large azygous praefrontal, in contact with the frontal and the first and second supraoculars, in contact with the second loreal, and separated from the rostral by two pairs of shields ; frontal tAvice as long as broad; parietal separated from the frontal and supraoculars by two shields; nasal in contact with the rostral, folloAved by two superposed postnasals, two loreals, and a praeocular; rostral a little narrower than the symphysial; the suture between the- sixth and seventh upper labials falls below the centre of the eye; three chin-shields on each side, first in contact AA7ith the second and third lower labials. Scales smooth, 33 round the middle of the body. Limbs short, not meeting when adpressed; digits moderate, claws exposed. Tail cylindrical, covered with smooth scales. Black above, Avith two greenish-white stripes from the end of the snout, where they unite, to the base of the tail, passing above the eye ; lips and sides of neck whitish with black bars; throat whitish; belly greyish ; tail salmon-pink. |
