Scaptira. 347 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. S. 9. 

 V Syr Paria Steppes, Russian 



Turkestan, P.M. 70 4S 16 .34 10 27 10 20 6 



(J L. Alalail 6S .50 IS 32 U 29 11 21 S-7 



? , *'■> 



(J L. Siissyk Kul . .75 



9 „ .... 71 



^ Tarbagatai 11 ts 00 



„ L. Oiirkatscli .... (io 



¥ Tian Shan Mts 54 



^ Turkestan (Tartary) , . .77 



? , TO 



04 



Hithitaf. — Roiimauia (Dobrnclja), Soutlieni Russia, Crimea, Trans- 

 caucasia, Central Asia from the Caspian Sea and tlie Ural River to 

 Bukhara, Cliinese Turkestan, ami Semipalatiusk. 



]9. SCAPTIRA. 



Scajiteha (Pitziug.), Wiegni. Herp. Mex. p. 9 (1834) ; Duni. & 

 Bibr. Erp. Gen. v, p. 281 (1839); Gray, Cat. Liz. p. ;J9 (1846); 

 Lataste, Ann. Mus. Geneva (2) ii, 1885, p. 12(5; Bi>iileuL;. Cat. Liz. 

 iii, p. 107 (1887), and Journ. Zool. Res. iii, 1918, p. 2. 



Meroles, part., Gray, Ann. N.H. i, 1838, p. 282. 



Eremias, part., Dum. & Bibr. t.e. p. 28(! ; Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 89. 



Pocliir,-e^, part.. Straiicli, Mrl. Biol. Ac. St. Pctersb. vi. 18t!7, p. 408. 



Saiirileit, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 18G9, p. CO; Lat.aste, I.e. 



Head-shields normal, but occipital often nidimentarv 

 01' absent. Nostril pierced between three nasals, widel}' 

 separated from the first upper labial. Lowei' eyelid 

 scaly. Collar distinct. Dorsal scales small and jii.xta- 

 jiosed or snliimbricate ; ventral plates not or Imt feeljly 

 inil)ricate, with straight posterior border, smooth. Digits 

 subcylindrical, compressed, or depressed, with smooth or 

 keeled lamellar scales inferiorly, denticiilalt'd laterally. 

 T<"emoral ])ores. Tail long, cylindrical or feebly com- 

 ]iressed posteriorly. 



Central Asia ; Houth Africa. 



The parietal foramen is constantly present, and ptery^'oid teeth are 

 usually ab.sent. 



This genus is completely connected with Ere.inias and may be 



