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Show 532 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON REPTILES AND [June 18, the description, to approach Bunocnemis modesta, Gthr., discovered by Dr. Gregory at Ngatana, but differs in the keeled dorsal scales. 5. HEMIDACTYLUS SMITHI, sp. n. (Plate XXIX. fig. 2.) Head much depressed, once and three fifths as long as broad; snout rounded, longer than the distance between the eye and the ear-opening, once and one third the diameter of the orbit: forehead concave; ear-opening small, oval, oblique. Body and limbs moderate. Digits moderate, inner well-developed ; 6 or 7 lamellae under the inner digits, 9 or 10 under the third and fourth. Head covered with granules of unequal size ; rostral four-sided, nearly twice as broad as deep, with median cleft above; nostril pierced between the rostral, the first labial, and three small scales; 13 or 14 upper and 10 lower labials; symphysial triangular, broader than long, but little longer than the adjacent labials, followed by two rows of small chin-shields, two in the anterior, three in the posterior. Upper surface of body and limbs covered with small granules intermixed with moderately large, round, fiat granules irregularly disposed; belly covered with imbricate, roundish, smooth scales. A series of 12 femoro-praeanal pores on each side. Tail slightly depressed, tapering, with transverse series of large, smooth, flat tubercles ; below with a series of transversely dilated shields. Grey above, with transverse angular cross-bars, finely edged with black behind, on the body ; lower parts white. millim. millim. Total length 86 Fore limb 17 Head 14 Hind limb 21 Width of head.... 8-5 Tail 39 Body 33 A single, half-grown specimen. Shebeli, 5.9.94. Intermediate between H. frenatus, D. & B., and H. jubensis, Blgr. 6. HEMIDACTYLUS SINAITUS, Blgr. I refer two specimens (Boholgarshan, 4.7.94) to this species, as defined by Dr. Anderson (below, p. 639), although a series of enlarged subcaudals is present. The first labial is excluded from the nostril by a small shield. 5 lamellae under the inner toe, 9 under the fourth. 6 praeanal pores. The dorsal tubercles quite as large as in the typical H. turcicus. 7. HEMIDACTYLUS BROOKII, Gray. Sheikh Mahomed. This common West African Gecko was found at Wadelai by the late Emin Pasha, and in the Kibibi Basin by Dr. Gregory. It probably extends right across the Soudan. 8. AGAMA VAILLANTI, Blgr. Dr. Donaldson Smith's collection contains three specimens of |