94 LacertUh,: 



extends along the body to between the hind limbs; a white lateral 

 streak from the eye, through the tympanum, to the base of the thigh ; 

 older specimens sometimes have series of white spots along the lilack 

 streaks; head variegated with black and white; uppier lip usually 

 with black vertical bars ; the black and white streaks ou the temple 

 sometimes replaced liy vertical bars ; limbs with large round white 

 spots ; end of tail sometimes pink, sometimes blue. The striatiou 

 may persist more or less distinctly in the adult, but adult males are 

 usually gi-ey or reddish brown, uniform or with round light, dark- 

 edged spots corresponding with the arrangement of the light streaks, 

 or with a dark network ; the dark bars ou the upper lip often persist. 

 Lower parts white. 



Measurements (in niilliiuetres), of specimens from Kurrachu : 



<? ¥ 



From end of snout to vent . . . 72 64 

 ,, „ ,, fore liml) . 



Length of head .... 



Width of head .... 



Depth of head 



Fore limb .... 



Hind liml) ..... 



Foot 



Tail 



Habitat. — Agra, Punjab, Eajputaua, Sind, Cutch, Baluchistan, 

 Southern Afghanistan. 



Var. BLANFOEDII, Boulenger. 



The specimens from Baluchistan and Southern Persia* first described 

 by Blauford differ from the typical form in having smaller scales 

 (38 to 44 round the middle of the body), the dorsals (20 to 22 across 

 the middle of the body) less abruptly defined from the laterals, and 

 the posterior much smaller than the basal caudals (12 to 16 between 

 the hind limbs), and the gular scales are also usually smaller (33 to 

 37 in a straight line). The veutrals are in 12 (rarely 14)t longitudinal 

 series, as iu the type, but the outer are neither pointed nor keeled. 



6 dorsal and 1 lateral light longitudinal streaks, w-ith or without 

 round white sjaots between them ; some specimens nearly uniform. 



* A. cantoris occurs also in Central Persia, as it is recorded by Werner, Verh. 

 Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xlv, 1895, p. 16, from between Tehei-an and Kom, altitude 

 1200 to 1.500 metres. 



t E.xcf'ptionally 10, according to Blanford. 



