Mremins. 27l 



Synopsis of the Varieties. 

 I. Lower eyelid with a ti-auspavent disc formed of a jiair of large scales, 

 usually edged with black, sometimes with a series of much smaller scales 

 below them ; snout usually pointed and a little longer than broad. 

 36 to 5i (usually 39 to 47) smooth scales across middle of 

 body; i) to 15 (usually 10 to 11) femoral pores on each 

 side ........... Forma iypica. 



II. Lower eyelid with an iipaqiic ui- iiujic ur less transparent disc formed of 3 

 to 8 pieces, not black-edged. 



A. Snout usually obtusely pointed and not or Ijiit sliylitly longer than 



broad. 

 35 to 50 (usually 40 to 47) smooth scales across middle of boily ; 



9 to 15 femoral pores on each side .... Var. olivieri, Aud. 



32 to 38 smooth scales across middle of body ; 10 to 1 1 femoral 



pores on each side \'ar. martini, Blgr. 



47 to 62 smooth scales across midille of body ; 14 to 17 (rarely 



12 or 13) femoral pores on each side . . Var. latastii, Blgr. 



52 keeled scales across middle of liody ; 13 or 14 femoral piires 



on each side Var. s\isana, Blgr. 



B. Snout pointed, longer tlian Ijroad. 



36 to 42 smooth scales across middle of body ; 11 to 15 femoral 



pores on each side Var. (xiV/uju-t, Blanf. 



The vars. olirieri and iiiurthil must be regarded as the most 

 primitive forms, fmm wliicli all the others are directly aud iu- 

 depeudeully derived. 



12. EKEMIAS ADEAMITANA. 



Ereniias breviroslris, part., Anders. Herp. Arab. p. -lo (181*6). 

 Eremias adndiiilaiin. Bouleuo-. Auu. A May. N. H. (8) xix, 1917, 

 p. 279, aud Jouru. Zuol. Res. iii, 1918, p. 5. 



Head aud body strougly depressed, limbs very sleuder. Head Ig 

 times as loug as broad, its length 4 to 4f times in length to vent, its 

 depth equal to the distauee between tlie centre or tlie posterior corner 

 of the eye and tlie tympanum ; snout pointed, with the nasal shields 

 rather strongly swollen, as long as broad, as loug as the postocular 

 part of the head ; cauthus rostralis sharp, loreal region feebly concave ; 

 a shallow concavity on the upper surface of the snout, extending to 

 the middle of the frontal shield. Pileus nearly twice as loug as broad. 

 Neck narrower than the head. Hind limb reaching between the 

 collar and the ear in males, the shouliler or the collar in females ; 

 foot 1|- to 1} times as long as the head ; toes slender, feebly compressed. 

 Tail J. A to 2 2 times as loug as head and bodj'. 



