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EREMIAS ARGUS a Peters. 



1859. ? Eremias veloxMAACK, Putesdi. iia Amur (p. 152) (Amurland) (notof Pallas). 



18(i9. Erevdas argus Peters, Mon. Per. Berlin Akad. Wiss., 1869. p. 61, pi. — , fig. 

 3 (type-locality, Chefu, China; types, Berlin Miis. No. 4532; Scholtniueller, 

 collector). — Steindachneu, Sitz. Ber. Wien Akad. Wiss., Math. -Naturw. 

 CI., LXII, Pt. 1, 1870, p. 336; author's separate, p. 11, pi. ii, figs. 1, 2 

 (Peking).— Martens, Preuss. Exped. Ost-Asien, ZooL, I, 1876, p. 375 

 (Chefu). — MoELLENDORFF^ Joum. N. China, Br. R. Asiat. Soc. (n. s.), 1877, 

 p. 103 (Peking).— Mueller, Verh. Naturi. Ges. Basel, VIII, Pt. 2, 1887, p. 

 286 (Chemulpo, Korea).— Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., Ill, 1887, 

 p. 102 (part: Chefu; Peking; Manchuria ?); Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), V, 

 Feb., 1890, p. 138 (Manchuria). — Boettger, Offenbach. Ver. Natiu'k. 

 26-28 Ber., 1888, pp. 63, 122 (Miau-feng-shan, Peking; Herz, collector); 

 Kat. Kept. Mus. Senckenberg., I, 1893, p. 94. — Fischer, Jahrb. Hamburg 

 Wiss. Anst., V, 1888, p. 46 (eastern Mongolia). — Stone, Proc. Phila. 

 Acad., 1899, p. 184 (Khingan Mts., eastern Mongolia). — Werner, Abh. 

 Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Muenchen, II Klasse, XXII, Pt. 2, 1904, p. 354 

 (Tsingtau and Kiautschou, China). — Nikolski; Zap. Imp. Akad. Nauk, 

 S. Peterburg, (8) XVII, No. 1, 1905, p. 167 (Mongolia, Manchuria, 

 Korea). — Podarces {Eremias) argus Strauch, in Przevalski's Mongoliya 

 i Strana Tangutov, III, 1876, p. 30 (Ordos). 



Whatever opinion one may hold about the status of Eremias 

 hrencJileyi '' there can be but little doubt that our specimens from 

 Korea are typical E. argus, as the subocular rests on several supra- 

 labials without reaching the lip; fronto-parietals are larger than 

 second supraocular; the lower nasal does not reach the rostral, except 

 in No. 21184; the number of scales or granules in a row between 

 parietals and lip is about 10; the number of granules and ventrals in 

 a row around the middle of the body between 65 and 7 1 . Moreover, 

 the coloration is typically that of E. argus, with two well developed 

 median dorsal rows of ocelli and no lateral dark band. The scutella- 

 tion on top of the head is exactly as figured by Peters, except that the 

 smallest specimen has a second scale between the prefrontals, but it 

 is so small as to scarcely be more than a granule. Our specimens also 

 agree closely with Steindachner's figures of a specimen from Peking. 



"■From "A pyo';, the many-eyed Argus, slain by Hermes; refeiTing to the many 

 ocellated spots of this species. 



&1872. Eremias brenchleyi Guenther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4), X, 1872, p. 419 

 (type-locality, Land of Grass, Mongolia; type in Brit. Mus.; Brenchley, 

 collector); Brenchley 's Cruise 'Curasao,' 1873, p. 396. pi. xxii, fig. A. — 

 Fischer, Jahrb. Hamburg Wiss. Anst., V, 1888, p. 46, pi. iv, fig. 9 

 (Tchikiang; Oldenburg Mus.). — Mehely, Zichy's Dritte Asiat. 

 Forschungsr., II, 1901, p. 56 (Khalgan, Chinese Wall, 760 m. alt.; Nan- 

 kou Pass). — Podarces {Eremias) brenchleyi Strauch, in Przevalski's 

 Mongoliya i Strana Tangutov, III, 1876, p. 32 (Ordos; eastern Mongolia). 

 1887. Eremias argus Boulenger, Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus., Ill, p. 102 (part: Mon- 

 golia). 

 Eremias argus var. brenchleyi Boettger, Offenbach. Ver. Naturk. 26-28 

 Ber., pp. 63, 122 (Miau-feng-shan, Peking; Herz, collector); Kat. Rept. 

 Mus. Senckenberg.. I, 1893, p. 94. 



