ACANTHODACTYLUS CAPENSIS.—S m it h .
R e p t il ia .— P l a t e XXXIX. a, M a l e ; b, F em a l e .
Mas. A. superne flavo-brunneus, lateribus nigro-brunneis, et macularum albarum seriebus duabus
et lineis duabus longitudinalibus ejusdem coloris variegatis; partibus inferioribus ochraceis; digitis
externe dentatis.
Fem. Superne pallide aurantius, lateribus rubro-aurantiis superne infemeque lineS. subalbida marginatis;
partibus inferioribus ochraceis, versus latera nigro brunneo-tessellatis.
Longitudo e naso ad basin caudee mas; 4 unc. 6 lin; caudae 6 unc.,
Coi.ouk,,(.Malk.)—The upper surface of the head, the middle of the back,
and the upper surface of the tail intermediate between yellowish brown and
reddish orange, the first irregularly mottled with dashes of umber-brown and
the back is freckled with small liver-brown dots, and marked with a short line
of the same colour from centre of hind head. The sides of the body and of the
tail at its base liver-brown, variegated with two longitudinal white bands, the
uppermost commencing at the hind head and ending a little way beyond the
base of the tail; the lowermost begins below, and behind the eye is broken
by the intervention of the meatus auditorius externus, and terminates in front
of base of hinder leg : over the first of these bands there is a stripe of small
roundish spots of the colour of the back, only lighter, and between them a
longitudinal row of round rusty white ones. The sides of the belly below
the lowermost white line the same colour as the sides, the remainder of the
belly, throat, under surface of legs, and tail, pale ochre-yellow. Upper
surface of extremities liver-brown freely speckled with irregular yellowish
white spots; toes transparent yellowish brown above freckled with umber-
brown. Sides of head umber-brown, the lips, a line under the eye, and the
edges of some of the scales towards hinder parts of lower jaw straw-yellow.
Female.^—The upper surface of the head brownish yellow; the back and
centre of the tail above intermediate between Dutch and deep reddish
orange; the sides of body and tail near its base intermediate between
orpiment-orange and tile-red, and these two tints are kept separate from each
other by the intervention of a narrow longitudinal whitish band, which
commences at the hind head and terminates about the commencement of the