94 Lacertidn'. 



extends aloiit;- the })ody to between the hind limits ; a white lateral 

 streak from the eye, through the tympanum, to the Imse of the thigh ; 

 older specimens sometimes have series of white spots along the black 

 streaks ; head variegated with black and white ; upper lip usually 

 with black vertical bars ; the black and white streaks on the temple 

 sometimes replaced by vertical bars; limbs with large round white 

 spots ; end of tail sometimes pink, sometimes blue. The striation 

 may persist more or less distinctly in the adult, but adult males are 

 usually grey or reddish brown, uniform or with round light, dai'k- 

 edged spots corresponding with the arrangement of the light streaks, 

 or with a dark network ; the dai-k l)ars on the upper lip often persist. 

 Lower parts white. 



Measurements (in millimetres), of specimens from Kurrachu : 



From end of snout to vent . 



., ,, ,, fore limb . 



Length of head ..... 



Width of head 



Depth of head ..... 



Fore lim)) ...... 



Hind limb ...... 



Foot 



Tail • . 



Habitat. — Agra, Punjab, Rajputana, Sind, 

 Southern Afy-hanistan. 



Var. BLANFORDII, Boulenger. 



The specimens from Baluchistan and Southern Persia* first descril)ed 

 by Blanford differ from the typical form in having smaller scales 

 (38 to 44 round the middle of the body), the dorsals (20 to 22 across 

 the middle of the body) less abruptly defined from the laterals, and 

 the posterior much smaller than the basal caudals (12 to 16 between 

 the hind limbs), and the gular scales are also usually smaller (33 to 

 37 iu a straight line). The ventrals are in 12 (rarely 14) f longitudinal 

 series, as in the type, but the outer are neither pointed nor keeled. 



6 dorsal and 1 lateral light longitudinal streaks, with or without 

 round white spots between them ; some specimens nearly uniform. 



* A. cantoris occurs also in Central Persia, as it is recorded by Werner, Verh. 

 Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xlv, 1S95, jj. 16, from between Teheran and Koni, altitude 

 1200 to 1500 metres. 



t Exceptionally 10, according to Blanford. 



