370 



Liiceriiihv. 



Camlal scales narrow, feebly keeled, the dorsal granules extending 

 for some distance along the middle of the tail ; 56 scales in the fifth 

 whorl behind the postanal granules. 



Sand-coloured above, with a blaclvish uetworl 

 trical black markings. Lower parts white. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent 



fore limb 

 Length of head 

 Width of head 

 Depth of head 



Fore limb .... 

 Hind limb .... 



Foot 



This species is known froiu a single young specimen, from between 

 Nushki and the Helmand, Northern Baluchistan. 



head with svinme- 



35 



15 



10 

 6-5 

 4-5 



14 



25 



13 



10. SCAPTIRA PEESICA. 



Sca'pteira persica, Nikolsky, Ann. Mus. Zool. St. Pctersb. iv, 1899, 

 p. 395, pi. X, fig. 



Form as in H. acutirodris, but hind limb reaching only the collar, 

 or between the collar and the ear, and parietals as long as broad. 

 Nasals swollen, lower not reaching the rostral. Frontal as long as its 

 distance from the end of the snout. Occipital very small or absent. 

 A small anterior supraocular, separated from the f i-ontal and from the 

 large supraocular by a series of granules. Subocular not i-eaching the 

 mouth. 2 to 5 obtuse lobules on the anterior border of the ear. 

 Collar hardly curved, with 10 to 13 small plates. 



Scales granular, smooth. Ventral plates in 37 to 39 transverse 

 series, the longest containing 20 plates. No enlarged jireanals. 

 17 or 18 femoral pores on each side. Upper caudal scales strongly 

 keeled. 



Bluish grey above, reticulated with black ; head rufous, spotted 

 with black ; lower parts white. 



Total length 165 millim. 



Habitat. — Tscharachs, Zirckuch district. Eastern Persia. 



This species is only known to me from Nikolsky's description, based 

 on 8 specimens preserved in the Petrograd Museum. 



