other, the hindermost the largest, and has a small scale on each side. Scales on outer surface of
fore legs small, granular, and smooth, of hinder legs small, subovate, and strongly keeled. The ground
colour of the upper surface of the head, back, tail, and outer surface of extremities, intermediate between
orange coloured brown and yellowish brown, in some individuals leek-green; the variegations
are five umber-brown stripes on the body and base of the tail, one along the vertebral line, one on each
side of the back, and one along each side; the latter edged above and below by a narrow cream-yellow
line. Under parts greenish-white. Length from nose to base of tail, 1 inch 9 lines; length of tail,
3£ inches. Inhabits the eastern districts of the Cape Colony and Kaffirland.
LACERTA DELALANDII, Milne Edwards, Ann. Scienc. Nat. tom. xvi. page 70 and 84, pi. 15, No. 6
and pi. 7, No. 5. Bum. et. Bib. Erpet. Gen. tom. v. page 241. Lacerta Intertexta, Smith, Mag.
Nat. Hist., new series, vol. ii. page 93. Nucras Lalandii, Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. ii. page 280.
Inhabits Southern Africa, but nowhere abundantly.
LACERTA TESSELLATA, Smith. Mag. of Nat. Hist., new senes, vol. ii. page 92. Bum. et Bib.
Erpet. Gener. tom v. page 244. Nucras Tessellata, Grey, Cat: of Lizards, Brit. Museum, p. 38.
Inhabits thé districts on the Western Coast of Southern Africa, particularly Little Namaqualand.
LACERTA TiENIOLATA, Smith. Mag. of Nat. Hist., new series, vol. ii. page 93. Bum. et Bib.
Erpet. Gener. tom. v. page 247.
Inhabits the same districts as the last species, but never the same localities.
PLATYSAURUS GÜTTATUS, n. s .;
Figure moderately robust. Head much depressed, the hindhead broad, the nose narrow.
Body very flat, the sides protuberant and- arched; tail much depressed towards the base, nearly
cylindrical at and towards the point, the latter acute. Anterior extremities rather long and slender,
the outer toe not. so long as the second and third, which are of equal length; the fourth nearly the
same length as the outermost, the innermost much shorter. The hinder extremities rather long* and
strong; the outer toe far removed from the second, and about the length of the third, which is rather
shorter than the second; the fourth considerably shorter than the third, and the innermost shorter than
the fourth. Rostral plate triangular; nasal plates oval, and contiguous; the nostrils circular, and close
to the lower and hinder edge; naso-rostral, large and rhomboidal, greatest length transversely. Frontonasal
plates five-sided, contiguous; frontal plate six sided, narrowest posteriorly, before and behind with
an angular projection.; fronto-parietal plates four-sided, contiguous, the hinder side longest. Parietal
plates square; inter-parietal plate arrow-shaped; occipital plates somewhat quadrangular, the anterior
shorter than the posterior side. Palpebral plates, 4; naso-frenal small,, somewhat triangular; lower
eyelid with a transparent disc* External ear-opening large ovate, immediately behind the temple ;
tympanum distinct* close to the orifice; two longitudinal rows of large smooth plates on upper part of
temple, small ones below. Scales of the back and sides very small, granular, and arranged in rather
waved transverse lines. Scales of the outer surface of extremities toward toes triangular, and strongly
keeled. Submental plates, 10, five on each side below the labial scales; the first of each side internally
in contact with its fellow. A longitudinal row of large square plates along the middle of the throat,
and narrow subovate scales on each side. Gular collar before breast, formed of eight plates; abdominal
plates quadrangular, and arranged in transverse row3,19 or 20 plates in each row. Preanal plates, 9.
Plates of tail long, narrow, four-sided, strongly carinated, and arranged in rings. Femoral pores, 17
or 18. The colour of the upper and lateral parts of the head liver-brown, the latter freckled with pale
verditer-blue; the' back and sides intermediate between greenish blue and clove-brown, and variegated
with three longitudinal lines of verditer-blue, and with numerous small spots of the same colour between
the lines; ■ anteriorly, these lines are prolonged forwards on the crown of the head, one along the mesial
line and one on each side; posteriorly, they are lost about the base of the tail. Under surface of lower
jaw and throat light verditer-blue,, speckled with deep purplish brown; belly plum-purple. Tail pale
Dutch-orange, with a brown line above, in the mesial line; the colour in living specimens is probably
bright red. Under surface ’of hinder extremities pöstèriorly, and the under parts of body and tail,
wine-yellow. In some specimens, the colour of the back is a pale brownish red, and the tail clear
sienna-yellow, with a narrow bröwn' stripe above, in the' mesial line. Length from nosé to base of
tail, 2 inches 8 lines; length of tail, 3 inches 8 lines. The' dorsal scales in this’ species are smaller
than in Elatysa/wrus Capensis, and in other respects, as well as in colour, it differs.' Inhabits the
neighbourhood of the Limpopo River, near the Tropic of Capricorn.’
GERRHOSAURUS YALLIDUS, Sunderall, n. s.
Head posteriorly broad, anteriorly narrow and tapered ; sides vertical; temples projecting and
convex. Body broad and depressed;' sides protuberant and arched., Tail dëpressed at the base,' else-'
where cylindrical; extremities short and rather robust. ‘ Lateral fold moderately developed. Rostral
plate triangular; nasal plates internally contiguous; nasó-rostral plate six-sided, thé lateral sides very
short; fronto-nasal platés five-sided, internally contiguous. Frontal plate five-sided, the two anterior
sides united in a point between fronto-nasal plates; fronto-parietal plates five-sided; interparietal plate
rhomboidal; parietal plates five sides contiguous at their hinder edge; all thesë plates rugose: naso-frenal
narrow, lengthened vertically, and forms hinder edge of nostril. Plates of upper lip, exclusive of rostral
plate, 8; plates oh first half of lower lip, 5, the other half, towards angle of mouth, covered with small
scales. Scales of the back, sides, and upper and lateral parts of tail quadrangular, each with five, six, or
seven longitudinal keels, which converge towards the apex. Plates of the throat large, smooth, and six-
sided, longest transversely; plates of breast and belly square, smooth, and arranged in transverse rows,
18 or 20 in the longest row of the latter; preanal plates three, the centre one narrowest behind. Plates
on under surface of tail quadrangular, with a longitudinal ridge along the centre of each, and in some
one at each edge.' Under eyelid covered with small scales. External ear-opening ovate, with a semicircular
operculum projecting from its anterior edge. The upper surface of the head, the back, and
the tail, intermediate between umber-brown and liver-brown, and variegated with small spots or short
streaks of a yellow or reddish yellow colour, onë on each scale, on the back, arranged in longitudinal
rows; sides of the body variegated umber-brown and yellowish brown. Under parts of lower jaw,
throat, and breast, anteriorly light sienna-yellow, freckled with pale reddish brown; hinder portion of
breast and belly deep umber-brown, more or lessfreckled'with yellowish brown. Extremities superiorly
deep umber-brown, inferiorly ochre-yellow, mottled with umber-brówn. Length from nose to base of
tail, 7 inches'; length of tail 12| inches ; width at middle of body, 2 inches.
Inhabits the interior of Southern Africa, towards the sources of the Garrep, or Orange River.
SAUROPHIS SEPS, Fitz. Neue Classif. Rept. page 50. Saurophis Lacepedii, Bum. et Bib. Erpet.
Gener. tom.' v. page 389.' Lacerta tetradactyla, Lacep. Ann. Mus. d’Hist. Natur. tom. ii. page
I 351/tab. 59, fig. 2;c: |
Inhabits the interior of Southern Africa, but specimens are seldom procured.