^ Huxe, Bong-uellii 



? „ „ . . 



^ Ponang' Kiinia, Mossamedes 



„ . . 36 59 10 31 8 30 ]3-12 24 4 



Habitat. — Angola (Beuguella aud Mossamedes). 



18. EREMIAS LINEO-OCELLATA. 



Eremias lineo-ocellata, Dum. & Bibr. Erp. G-eu. v, p. 314 (1839) ; 

 Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 41 (1845); A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Kept, 

 pi. xlviii, fig. 2, aud pi. xlviii, fig. 10 (1845) ; Bouleug. Cat. Liz. iii, 

 p. 94 (1887) ; Eoux, Zool. Jalirb., Sjst. xxv, 1907, p. 426 ; Werner, 

 Jena. Denkscbr. xvi, 191U, p. 334; Hewitt, Ann. Transv. Mus. ii, 1910, 

 p. 109 ; Bouleug. Auu. S. Afr. Mus. v, 1910, p. 477 ; Hewitt, Anu. 

 Transv. Mus. iii, 1911, p. 48 ; Sternf. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. v, 1911, 

 p. 405; Hewitt & Power, Tr. E. Soc. S. Afr. iii, 1918, p. 156; 

 Bouleug. Jouru. Zool. Res. iii, 1918, p. 6. 



Eremias umlata (non A. Smith), Dum. & Bibr. t.c. p. 316 ; A. Smith, 

 op. cit. pi. xliv, fig. 1, aud pi. xlviii, fig. 11 ; Methuen ct Hewitt, Ann. 

 Transv. Mus. iv, 1914, p. 139, fig. 



Eremias piilchella. Gray, op. cit. p. 42 ; Bouleug. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 93; 

 Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1886-87, p. 146 ; Eoux, I.e. ; Weruer, t.c. 

 p. 331 ; Sternf. I.e. ; Hewitt & Power, I.e. 



Eremias annulifera, A. Smith, op. cit. pi. xlvii, fig. 1, and pl. Iviii, 

 tig. 14. 



Eremias pulchra, A. Smith, i.e. figs. 2, 12. 



Eremias formosa, A. Smith, I.e. figs. 3, 15. 



Eremias lineo-ocellata, vnv. indcliella, Methuen ct Hewitt, I.e. 



A very variable species, comparable to Acaidhodactylus vulgaris in 

 the range of variation of the dorsal scales. 



The following description is based exclusively on specimens from 

 Sir Andrew Smith's Collection, types of the E. lineo-ocellata of 

 Dumeril aud Bibrou. 



Head and body rather strongly depressed. Head Ij to If times as 



long as broad, its length 3^ to 4 times iu length to vent in males, 



4 to 4.V times iu females, its depth equal to the distance between the 



centre or the anterior corner of the eye and the tympanum ; suout 



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