306 Lacertidif. 



tlie back, smaller on the upper part of tlie sides, larger again towards 

 the veutrals, aud graduating into them, 48 to 62 across the middle of 

 tlie body. Ventral plates in 16 or 18 more or less irregular longi- 

 tudinal series and 31 to 36 more or less angular transverse series, the 

 plates sometimes forming a tessellation, as long as broad or longer 

 than broad. Preanal region with small irregvilar scales;. 



Scales on ujjper surface of fore limb moderately large, not broader 

 tliau long, smooth or very obtusely keeled. Scales on upper surface 

 of tibia roundish, smooth, not or but slightly larger than dorsals ; 

 one series of very large and one or two of small plates on the lower 

 surface. \'l to 18* femoral pores on each side. Subdigital lamellae 

 bi- or tricarinate, spinulose, 28 to 31 under the fourth toe. 



Upper (taudal scales oblique, truncate, those at the base sm(H)th or 

 feebly keeled ; basal suboaudals smooth. 28 to 38 scales in I he fnurth 

 or fifth whorl. 



Coloration very variable. 



A young from Steinkopf, Little Nama(jualaiid, is black above with 

 8 white streaks in front ; at a short distance behind the occiput the 

 median pair fuses to a single streak which extends to the level of the 

 collar ; towards the middle of the body the next pair fuses to a single, 

 broader streak which ends on the basal part of the tail ; there are 

 thus the following number of white streaks from the occiput to the 

 anterior third of the tail : 8, 7, 5, 3, 2. The limb.s with large white 

 spots, the tail red. 



A male from Augra Pequeua is also striated, dark bmwn aud 

 brownish white, but there is a whitish median streak uu the nape and 

 the vertebral streak on the bod}* extends as far back as the pelvic 

 I'egiou ; the streaks thus number 9, 8, 7, 3, 2 in succession from front 

 to l)ack. 



The type of E. hitireps which is preserved in the British Museum 

 has 7 whitish streaks on the nape, (i on the scapular region, 5 on the 

 body, and o on the pelvic region aud on the base of the tail ; the 

 brown spaces between the streaks speckled and spotted with white. 

 The markings are the same in a specimen from Port Elizabeth. 



Other individuals have the light streaks more indistinct and the 

 back may be yellowish brown or orange red, with or without small 

 dark spots or vermiculations, or with two dorsal bauds of crowded 

 black spots, as in the specimen figured by Smith ; white ocellar spots 

 on the sides. 



A male labelled " South Africa,"' as well as the supposed type of 

 Jj. ccqiensis, is greyish brow'n above with a dark Ijrowu vertebral 



* 16 to 20, according to Dnnieril & Bibron. 



