Sccqitira. 347 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 



$ Syr Daria Stej^pes, Eussiau 



Txxrkestan, P.M. 70 48 



J L. Alakul 68 



? „ 65 



<J L. Sassj'k Kill . . . .75 

 9 „ .... 71 



^ Tarbagatai Mts 66 



„ L. Oiirkatsch . . . .60 



? Tian Shan Mts 54 



<? Turkestan (Tartary) . . . 77 



? ,. 70 



64 



Habitat . — Roumauia (Dobrudja), Southern Russia, Crimea, Trans- 

 caucasia, Central Asia from Ihe Caspian Sea ami the Ural River to 

 Bokhara, Chinese Turkestan, and Semipalatiusk. 



19. SCAPTIRA. 



Scajifelra (Fitzing.), Wiegm. Herp. Mex. p. 9 (1834) ; Dum. & 

 Bibr. Erp. Gcu. v, p. 281 (1839); Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 39 (1845); 

 Lataste, Ann. Mus. Clenova (2) ii, 1885, p. 126 ; Bouleug. Cat. Liz. 

 iii, p. 107 (1887), and Journ. Zool. Res. iii, 1918, p. 2. 



Meroles, part., Gray, Ann. N.H. i, 1838, p. 282. 



Eremias, part., Dum. & Bibr. t.c. p. 286 ; Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 39. 



Fodarces, part., Strauch, Mel. Biol. Ac. St. P.'^tersb. vi, 1867, p. 408. 



Savrites, Peters, Men. Berl. Ac. 1869, p. 60 ; Lataste, I.e. 



Head-shields normal, l)ut occipital often rudimentary 

 or absent. Xostril pierced between three nasals, widely 

 separated from the first upper labial. Lower eyelid 

 scaly. CVdlar distinct. Dorsal scales small and ju.vta- 

 posed or snbimbricate ; ventral plates not or but feebly 

 imbricate, with straight posterior border, smooth. Digits 

 subcylindrical, compressed, or depressed, with smooth or 

 keeled lamellar scales inferiorlj', denticulated laterally. 

 Femoral pores. Tail long, cylindrical or feebly com- 

 pressed posteriorly. 



Centi-al Asia ; South Africa. 



The parietal foramen is constantly present, and pterygoid teeth are 

 usually absent. 



This genus is completely connected with Eremias and may be 



