718 G. A. HOULENGER 



Two male specimens. Scales round the body: (')h, Gl; femoral 

 pores : 7-7, 7-8. 



15. Eremias sextaeniata, Stejn. — Lugh ; between Sancurar 

 and Amarr ; between Dime and L. Rudolf. 



16. Eremias striata, Ptrs. — Lugli. 



17. Mabuia varia, Ptrs. — Between Sancurar and Amarr. 



18. Mabuia megalura, Ptrs. — Between Badditù and Dime; 

 between Sancurar and Amarr. 



19. Mabuia hildebrandtii, Ptrs. — Lugh. 



20. Lygosoma laeviceps, Ptrs. — Lugh. 



26 scales round the body; supranasal completely separated 

 from the nasal. 



21. Lygosoma ferrandii, sp. n. (PI. IX, fig. 2). — Body much 

 elongate ; limbs weak ; the distance between the end of the snout 

 and the fore limb is contained twice to twice and two fifths in the 

 distance between axilla and groin. Lower eyelid scaly. Snout much 

 depressed, slightly prominent, svibcuneiform ; no canthus rostralis. 

 Nostril between two nasals and a large supranasal, which forms 

 a suture with its fellow behind the rostral ; frontonasal nearly 

 twice as broad as long, forming a broad suture with the frontal; 

 praefrontals small , widely separated ; frontal as long as its 

 distance from the posterior border of the parietals, in contact 

 with the first and second supraoculars; four supraoculars ; seven 

 supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct ; parietals 

 forming a suture behind the interparietal; no enlarged nuchals; 

 fourth and fifth labials below the eye, fourth largest. Ear-opening 

 very small, oval, oblique, with a small projecting lobule. 26 

 smooth, equal scales round the middle of the body. Praeanals 

 not enlarged. The fore limb, stretched forwards, hardly reaches 

 the ear ; the length of the hind limb is contained twice and 

 one third to twice and a half in the distance between axilla 

 and groin ; fingers short ; toes slender, fourth much longer than 

 third; 15 lamellae under the fourth toe. Tail tiiick, shorter than 

 head and body. Yellowish or pale brown above, with small 

 dark brown spots and a more or less distinct dark lateral stripe 

 extending: from the end of the snout to the base of the tail; the 



