OagirophoUs. 116 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



S ? 



From end of snout to vent . . . 103 95 



fore limb . .40 35 



Length of head ..... 25 23 



Wid^th of head 20 18 



Depth of head 

 Fore limb , 

 Hind limb . 

 Foot . 

 Tail . 



15 14 



33 31 



53 48 



25 24 



162 — 



Particulars of Specimens Examined (types). 



1. 2. 3. 4. 3. 6. 7. 8. 9. 



(J Khan Agach 103 60 16 31 11 28 20-18 20 5 



80 61 18 31 10 30 22-24 20 4 



? Jerud 95 64 16 32 10 35 22-23 20 4 



This fine lizard, the yiant of the yeuus Acantliodactylus, was 

 discovered a few years ago in Syria ]\v M. Henri Gadeau de Kerville, 

 who obtained several specimens at Jerud and Ata'ibe, east" of 

 Damascus, and near Khan Agach, between Damascus and Kutaife. 



7. GASTROPHOLIS. 



GastrophoUs, J. G. Fischer, Al)h. Nat. Ver. Haml). ix, 1886, i, p. 1 ; 

 Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 7 (1887). 



Head-shields normal. Nostril pierced between the 

 nasal and a postnasal.* Lower eyelid scaly. Collar well 

 marked. Dorsal scales small, juxtaposed ; ventral plates 

 obtusely pointed, imbricate, keeled. Digits subcylin- 

 drical, with smooth scales inferiorly. Femoral pores. 

 Tail long, cylindrical. 



East Africa. 



Apart from the keeled ventral plates this genus shows the characters 

 of Nucras, but it is eciually related to Lacerta, as the form and lepi- 

 dosis have more in common with L. echinata than with any other 



* This statement has been challenged by Tornier, who appeals to a photo- 

 graphic figure given by him to show that I must have been mistaken. This 

 figure is, howevei-, so blurred that it fails to establish his point. I can make 

 no correction to my original definition of the genus. 



