Scaptira. 



353 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



17 16 13 14 16 



11 11 9 10 11 



9 8 7 8 8 



24 24 17 22 23 



45 44 29 40 41 



23 21 16 20 20 



— 137 91 133 — 



Length of head 

 Width of head 

 Depth of head 

 Fore Hmb . 

 Hiud limb . 

 Foot . 

 Tail . 



1. f^,Capeof Good Hope (Paris Museum). 2. c^ , Calviuia. 3. ^J, 

 Town. 4. $ , Little Namaqualand. 5. ? , S. Africa (type of 

 E.fordii). 



Particulars of Specimens Examined. 

 $ Cape of Good Hojse, P.M. 



(? Cape Town . 



Calvinia, Cape Colony 



Port Nolloth, L. Namaqualand 



Little Namaqualand 



S. Africa 



(type of E.fordii) 



1. Length from snovit to vent. 2. Number of scales across middle of body. 

 3. Ventral plates in longest transverse series. 4. Transverse series of ventral 

 plates. 5. Plates in collar. 6. Giilar scales in straight median series. 7. 

 Femoral pores (right and left if differing). 8. Lamellar scales under foiu-th 

 toe. 9. Upper labials to below centre of eye. 



Same explanation for the following tables in this genus. 



Habitat. — 'Western parts of South Africa, from Great Namaqualand 

 to the Cape Peninsula. The type described and figured by Milne- 

 Edwards appears to be lost, but 6 specimens from Delalande's Collec- 

 tion are incorrectly labelled as types in the Paris Museum.* 



This species agrees with Eremias lineo-ocellata in form, scaling and 

 * Of these, one belongs to S. sulorhilalia and one to Eremias cajjeusis. 



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