224 



Lacertidm. 



ciliary edge to the base of the tail, and sometimes a second from the 

 upper lip. through the tympanum, to the base of the hind limb; 

 limbs and tail reddish. Lower parts white. In life a few green spots 

 may be present on the sides, according to Blanford, and the lower 

 parts, particularly the thighs, may be tinged with yellow, according to 

 Stoliczka. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



Bhuj 



Particulars of Specimens Examined. 



1. 2. 3. 4. 



$ Cutch 



9 Bhuj, Cutch, B.S. . 

 (J Ajmere, Eajputana 

 ,, Kurhurbari, Bengal 



5. 6. 



57 58 26 24 14-13 24 



38 64 25 25 14-15 23 



38 63 26 25 13-12 24 



44 56 27 23 14 24 



65 58 26 26 16-15 22 



65 58 26 29 



15 21 



62 64 25 29 15-14 21 



Habitat. — Cutch, Eajputana, Central Provinces, Bengal. 



The tvpe specimen is from Korba in Bilaspur, Central Provinces. 



This species, which in many respects approaches Cahritu les- 

 chenaultii, differs greatly from all others in the shaj^e of the head, the 

 long and compressed toes ; in the small dorsal scales it is approached by 

 0. elecjans, var. sclilueteri. 



18. EREMIAS. 



Podarcis, part., Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 155 (1830) ; Strauch, Mel. 

 Biol. Ac. St. Petersb. vi, 1867, p. 408. 

 Eremias (Fitzing.), Wiegra. Herp. Mex. p. 9 (1834) ; Peters, Mon. 



