Eremias. 263 



Measurements (iu millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent 



,, ,, „ fore liml) 



Length of liead 

 Width of liead 

 Depth of head 



Fore limb .... 



Hind liml) .... 



Foot 



Tail 



1. (?, Oran. 2. $, Oran. 3. ^, 

 5. $ , Cliiodnia. 



ift(6(y((f. — Sinaitic Peninsula, Lower Egypt (?), Tunisia, Algeria 

 (Sahara and Province Oran), Morocco (between Mogador and Morocco 

 and Plateau of Chiodma), Rio de Oro, south of Morocco. In only a 

 few localities (Siuaitic Peninsula, Tunisia, Algerian Sahara) does this 

 variety appear to occur alongside with the typical form. 



Var. MARTINI. 



Erenuas martini, Bouleng. Ann. >t Mag. N. H. (6) xix, 1897, p. 467. 



Eri'iiiias tjntlulafa, part., Anders. Faun. Egypt, Rept. p. 174, 

 pi. xxiii, fig. 4 (1898). 



Eremias gnttidafa iiiarliiii. O. Neumann, Zool. Jahrli., Syst. ssii, 

 1905, p. 396. 



Ereniiag (jiitlidata, var. ;ia7f//H(, Bouleng. Journ. Zool. Res. iii, 1918, 

 p. 9. 



The specimens from the borders of the Red Sea agree very nearly 

 with the var. olivieri in the shape of the snout and in the semi- 

 transparent palpebral disc composed of 4 to 6 jsieoes, but they are 

 remarkable for the low number of scales across the body (32 to 38) 

 and they are more handsomely striated than is the rule iu the typical 

 form and the var. olivieri. They deserve to be distinguished as a 

 variety. 



Tiie hind limb reaches the shoulder or the collar iu males, the axil 

 or the shoulder in females. 



In the type specimen, from Obok, the ventral plates are iu 8 longi- 

 tudinal series, all the other specimens examined having 10; the 

 transverse series are 26 to 34 in numlier. 



10 to 14 femoral pores on each side. 



G-rev or pale brown above, with two or three dark streaks on each 



