Emu las. 



289 



$ Huxe, Beu_--Uflla. 



(J Ponan^' Kuma, Mossaiiiedes 



Habitat. — Angola (Benguella and Mossamedes). 



18. EEEMIAS LINEO-OCELLATA. 



Eremias liiteo-ocellata, Dam. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. v, p. ol4 (1839) ; 

 Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 41 (1845); A. Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr., Eept. 

 pi. xlviii, fig. 2, and pi. xlviii, fig. 10 (1845) ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, 

 !>. 94 (1887); Eoux, Zool. Jahrb., Sjst. xxv, 1907, p. 426; Werner, 

 Jena. Denkschr. xvi, 1910, p. 334; Hewitt, Ann. Transv. Mus. ii, 1910, 

 p. 109 ; Bouleng. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. v, 1910, p. 477 ; Hewitt, Ann. 

 Transv. Mus. iii, 1911, p. 48 ; Sternf. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. v, 1911, 

 p. 405; Hewitt & Power, Tr. E. Soe. S. Afr. iii, 191S, p. 156; 

 Bouleng. Jouru. Zool. Ees. iii, 1918, p. 6. 



Eremias undata (uon A. Smith), Dum. & Bibr. t.c. p. 316 ; A. Smith, 

 op. cit. pi. xliv, fig. 1, and pi. xlviii, fig. 11 ; Methuen & Hewitr, Ann. 

 Transv. Mus. iv, 1914, p. 139, fig. 



Eremias pwlchella, Gray, op. cit. p. 42 ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 93; 

 Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1886-87, p. 146 ; Koux, I.e. ; Werner, t.c. 

 p. 331 ; Sternf. I.e. ; Hewitt & Power, I.e. 



Eremias annuU/era, A. Smith, op. cit. pi. xlvii, fig. ], and pl. Iviii, 

 tig. 14. 



Eremias pulchra, A. Smith, I.e. figs. 2, 12. 



Eremias for mosa, A. Smith, I.e. figs. 3. 15. 



Eremias lineu-ocellaia, var. puh'lieUu, Methuen tt Hewitt. I.e. 



A very variable species, comparable to Acanfhodacti/tus nihjari.^ in 

 the range of variation of the dorsal scales. 



The following description is based exclusively on specimens from 

 Sir Andrew Smith's Collection, types of the E. li iieo-ocellafa of 

 Dumeril and Bibron. 



Head and body rather strongly depressed. Head Ij to lij times as 



long as broad, its length 3^ to 4 times in length to vent in males, 



4 to 4J- times in females, its depth equal to the distance between the 



centre or the anterior corner of the eye and the tympanum ; snout 



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