252 Lacerikhv. 



Eremias striata, Boiileno-. Ann. Mus. Genova (2) xvii, 1896, p. 18, 

 Proc. Zool. Soo. 1896, p. 927, fig., and Jouni. Zo,,!. Res. iii, 1918, 

 p. 4. 



Head and Imdy stroni^dy depressed. Head H- to 1^ limes as long 

 as broad, its leng-th :>§ to 4 times in length to vent, its deptli equal to 

 the distance between the centre of the eye and the tympanum ; snout 

 pointed, a little longer tlian the postocular part of the head, nasals 

 not or but feebly swollen, cauthus sharp, loreal region feebly concave; 

 a rather feeble concavity on the upper surface of the snout, extending 

 along tlie frontal shield. Pilaus 2 to 2^ times as long as broad. Neck 

 a little narrower than the head. Hind limb reaching the eye or 

 between the eye and the nostril ; foot \^ to l?f times as long as the 

 head ; toes slender, strongly compressed. Tail 2^ to 3 times as long 

 as head and body. 



Upper head-shields flat, sliiated, mor(> coarsely tlian in E. brenneri. 

 Nasals in contact behind tlie rostral, the suture between them ^ to ^ the 

 length of the frontonasal, whicli is as long as broad or a little broader 

 than long ; prefrontals a little longer than broad, forming a suture in 

 the middle ; fi'ontal shorter than its distance from the end of the 

 snout, 1§ to If times as long as broad, narrow behind, separated from 

 the supraoculars by a series of small scales ; parietals as long as broad 

 or broader than long, not longer than the frontoparietals ; interparietal 

 small but much larger than the occipital, from which it is often 

 separated by a small shield. Three supraoculars, in contact with eacli 

 other, first as long as or a little sliorter than second ; 5 or 6 super- 

 ciliaries, first longest, separated from the second and third supraoculars 

 by a series of small scales. Four nasals, two upper and two lower ; 

 anterior loreal 1^ to 2 times as long as deep, shorter than the second ; 

 5 or 6* upper labials anterior to the centre of the eye, the two first in 

 contact with the lower nasals ; subocular keeled below the eye, much 

 narrowed beneath and liorderiug the mouth. An elongate upper 

 temporal, followed by 2 or 3 small shiehls ; temporal scales granular, 

 obtusely keeled; a narrow tympanic shield; no auricular denticulation. 

 Lower eyelid opaque, covered with small scales. 



4 pairs of chin-shields, the 3 anterior in contact in the middle.! 

 24 to 30 gular scales in a straight line between the symphysis of the 



* 4 in one of the specimens described by Peters. 



t Eremias hoehneli is founded on a specimen which, in my opinion, represents 

 an individual anomaly in the pliolidosis, as Stejneger himself has suggested. 

 The first lower labial meets its fellow behind the sympliysial. having fused 

 with the first chin-shield, whilst the third chin-shield lias also fused with the 

 corresponding lower labial. 



