REPTILIA. 



FAMILY, ZONURID.^. 



20. Pseudoptis apoda. (Pall. N. Com. Petrop. xix. 435, t. 9-10.) 



I procured this Lizard on Mount Hermon. Dr. Lortet found it in 

 other places as well. 



It is not an African species, but extends from I stria through the 

 mountain ranges of Turkey, Greece, and Asia Minor to Transcaucasia. 



FAMILY, GYMNOPHTHALMID^. 



21. Ablepharus pannoniciis. Licht. Doubl. 103. 



Several specimens were taken near Caiffa by Bottger. 

 It inhabits Hungary, Rumelia, Greece, Cyprus, Asia Minor, and 

 North Persia. 



FAMILY, SCINCID.-E. 



22. Scincus officinalis. Laur. Syn. 55. 



The Egyptian Skink is given by Bottger. It inhabits North-east 

 Africa, i.e., Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia, and in Asia extends into Arabia 

 and Syria. 



23. Eupnpcs fellowsii. Gray. Cat. Liz., p. 113. 



This species, described by Dr. Gray from Xanthus, Asia Minor, was 

 found by me in every part of the country, from Dan to Beersheba. 



24. Eupj^epes septemtceniatus. Reuss. Mus. Senck. i. 47. 



This Lizard, described originally from Abyssinia, has also been found 

 in Arabia, Persia, the Caucasus, Syria, and the Lebanon. 



25. Eiiprcpcs savignii. Audouin. Rept. Egypte, 117, t. 2, ff. 3, 4. 



Occurs on the coast. It has not been noticed elsewhere in Asia, and 

 is an African species. 



26. Euprcpcs vittatns. (Oliv. Voy. ii. 58, t. 29, f. i.) 



This Skink has been obtained in considerable numbers from Beyrout 

 by Bottger. It has an immense range for a Lizard, but strictly Ethiopian, 



