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Show 80 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON ADDITIONS TO THE [Feb. 18, *75. Ablepharus egerice, Blgr. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 535.-Christmas Isl., Indian Ocean (Lister). 76. Ablepharus gray anus, Stol.-Kurrachee (Murray). 77. Tropidophorus yunnanensis, Blgr.-Kakhyen hills (Fea). *78. Eumeces xanthi, Gthr. Ann. N. H. (6) iv. 1889, p. 220.- Ichang, Yang-tse-kiang (Pratt). 79. Eumeces brevilineatus, Cope.-Texas (Taylor). *80. Scincus albifasciatus, Blgr. infra.-Senegambia. *8l. Scelotes macrolepis, Blgr. Ann. N. H. (6) i. 1888, p. 102.- Madagascar (Baron). 82. Herpetosaura arenicola, Ptrs.-Delagoa Bay. *83. Sepsina frontoparietalis, Blgr. Ann. N. H. (6) iv. 1889, p. 244.-Madagascar (Majaster). *84. Sepsina hessii, Bttg. Zool. Anz. 1887, p. 650.-Lower Con°-o (Hesse). 85. Acontias hildebrandti, Ptrs.--Nossi Be. *86. Chamceleon roperi, Blgr. infra.- Kilifi, E. Africa (Roper). *87. Chamceleon guentheri, Blgr. Ann. N. H. (6) i. 1888, p. 22.- Nossi Be. 88. Chamceleon polleni, Ptrs.-Mayotta, Comoro Islands (Paris Mus., Doria). *89. Chamceleon willsii, Gthr. Ann. N. H. (6) v. 1890, p. 71.- Madagascar (Wills, Baron). *90. Chamceleon gastrotcenia, Blgr. Ann. N. H. (6) i. 1888, p. 103. -Madagascar (Baron). 91. Chamceleon campani, Grand.-Madagascar (Baron). *92. Chamceleon boettgeri, Blgr. Ann. N. H. (6) i. 1888, p. 23.- Nossi Be'. 93. Brookesia ebenaui, Bttg.-Nossi Be. II. Descriptions of new Species. LYGODACTYLUS FISCHERI. (Plate VIII. fig. 1.) Nostril pierced just above the suture between the rostral and the first labial, between the latter and two nasals; rostral entering largely the nostril; nine upper and six lower labials ; mental large, followed by small chin-shields graduating into the gular granules. Dorsal scales minutely granular; ventrals smooth. Limbs as in L. capensis. A transverse series of ten prseanal pores. Tail depressed, inferiorly with a double series of transversely enlarged scales. Pale olive above; a blackish streak on each side of the head, passing through the eye; a very large black spot behind the axil,'followed by a series of smaller ones ; uniform white inferiorly. From snout to vent 35 millim. A single specimen from Sierra Leone (S. Stahl, 1882) in the collection of the late Dr. J. G. Fischer. PLATYPHOLIS, g. n. (Geckonidarum). Digits strongly dilated, free, with transverse undivided lamellae below, all but the thumb and inner toe armed with a retractile claw. |