Macmahonia. 373 



Eeaches a length of 87 uiillim. from suout to vent, tail 151 accord- 

 ing to Boettger. The figure in Fedtsclienko's Reise represents a 

 specimen 105 millim. long from suout to vent. 



Particnlars of Specimens Examined. 



. „ „. 1- 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 



i^^^^ 66 59 20 39 22 34 16-15 20 7 



? K. Lepsa 56 63 22 40 18 34 17 20 8 



^^- " 36 60 22 42 23 31 16-17 21 7 



Hgr. Michailovo, Transeaspia . . 45 56 22 40 16 35 18-19 "l 7 



$ Molle Kary „ . . 65 50 20 40 18 33 18-17 22 7 



" ^'^^^'^i' Morgab „ . . 76 50 22 40 20 34 18 21 7-8 



^a6/to.— Aralo-Caspian Steppes, Transcaspia, Bokhara, and 

 Russian Turkestan. 



20. MACMAHONIA. 



Macmahonia, Bouleng. Journ. Zoo). Res. iii, 1918, p. 2. 



Differing from Sea pf Ira, s. str., only in the absence of 

 femoral pores. 

 A single species. 



1. MACMAHONIA APOEOSCELES. 



Scaptira aporosceles, Alcock & Finn, Journ. As. Soe. Beno- kv ii 

 1896, p. 559, pi. xiii. ° ' ' 



Head and body depressed. Head li to If times as long as broad, 

 its length 3f to 4 times in length to vent, its depth equal to the 

 distance between the centre of tlie eve and the tympanum. Snout 

 acutely pointed, with slightly swollen nasals, a little longer than the 

 postocular part of the head ; canthus rostralis sharp, loreal region 

 vertical, sliglitly concave. Pileus twice as long as broad. Hind limb 

 reaching between the ear and the eye or between the collar and the 

 ear * ; foot IJ to 1^ times the length of the head ; toes long, flattened. 

 T;i]l U to 2 times as long as head and body, depressed at the base. 



Upiaer head-shields smooth; rostral slightly deeper than broad, 

 narrower beneath than above ; nasals in contact behind the rostral,' 

 the suture between them * to f the length of the frontonasal, which 



* Or the eye, according to Alcock and Finn. 



