336 Laccrticlx. 



Particulars of Specimens Examined. 



V Kizil Kum,Aralo-Caspiaii Desert '• "• ^- *■ ^- '^- "■ ''^ ^■ 



(type) 53 55 16 30 10 32 13 20 7 



P.M. 46 52 16 29 15 29 15 20 7 



(7 Perewalnaja, Tiaiiscaspia . . 60 53 IS 30 13 31 15-16 22 7 



? „ „ . . 58 52 18 29 12 31 14-13 21 7-8 



„ . . 55 51 18 31 10 30 13 23 7-6 



<? Tedsheii ,. . . 56 49 16 29 11 29 13-12 22 7 



„ AskhabaJ „ . . 50 50 IS 29 15 30 16-17 22 8-7 



„ Bal-Kuju, near .iskliabad . . 60 55 IS 30 15 29 1.5-14 23 7 



„ . . 49 51 16 30 13 29 15 22 8-7 

 „ Feizabacl - Mi)ntleelii, E. Persia 



{tyi>e o{ E.nigrocellata) . . 66 61 IS 32 10 29 13 21 7 



Habitat. — The types are from tlie Aralo-Caspinu De.sert, but this 

 species is also kuowu to occur in Trauscaspia, Turkestan (near 

 L. Balkasli), and Northern and Eastern Persia (Astrabad, Seistau, 

 Feizabad-Mondechi) . 



E. intermedia connects E. mnltioreUata with E. arc/uta. 



33. EEEMIAS ARGUS. 



Eremia:< anjus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1869, p. 61, pi. — , fig. 3; 

 Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ixii, i, 1870, p. 336, pi. ii, tigs. 1, 2; 

 Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 102 (1887) ; Boettg. Ber. Offeub. Ver. Nat. 

 1888, p. 63; Werner, Abh. Bayer. Ak. xxii, 1904, p. 354; Nikolsky, 

 Herp. Ross. p. 167 (1905) ; Elpatjewsky & Sabanejev, Zool. Jalirb., 

 Syst. xxiv, 1906, p. 253; Stejneg. Herp. Japan, p. 248, figs. (1907); 

 Bedriaga, Wiss. Res. Przewalski Reis., Aniph. Rept. p. 636 (1912); 

 Bouleng. Journ. Zool. Res. iii, 1918, p. 8. 



Eremias brenchleyi, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) ix, 1872, p. 419, 

 and in Brenchley, "Curacoa,'' p. 306, pi. xxii, fig. a (1873); J. G. 

 Fischer, Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. v, 1888, p. 46, pi. iv, fig. 9; 

 Mchely, in Zichy, Zool. Ergebu. 3. Asiat. Forschungsr. ii, p. 56 

 (1901) ; Elpatjewsky & Sabanejev, t.c. p. 252 ; Bedriaga, op. cit. 

 p. 648. 



Podarces (Eremias) arijris. Strauch, Voy. Przewalski, Rept. p. 32 

 (1876). 



Podarces (Eremias) brenchleyi, Strauch, op. cit. j). 30. 



Eremias argus, var. brenchleyi, Boettg. I.e. ; Bouleng. Jouru. Zool. 

 Res. iii, 1918, p. 10. 



Body feebly depressed. Head convex, not much broader than 

 deep, Ij to Ijr times as long as broad, its length 3 J to 4^ times 



