Scapiira. 



363 



Length of head 



Width of head 



Depth of head 



Fore limb . 



Hind limb . 



Foot . 



Tail . 



1. (^ , Cape of Good Hope (Paris Museum). 

 Cape Town. 4. $ , Little Namaqualaud. 

 E. ford it). 



2. 



16 

 11 



8 

 24 

 44 

 21 



137 

 2. 



5. ? 



3. 



13 



9 



7 



17 



29 



16 



4. 



14 

 10 



8 

 22 

 40 

 20 



5. 



16 

 11 



8 

 23 

 41 

 20 



91 133 — 



(J.Calviuia. 3. ^. 

 , S. Africa (type of 



Particulars of Specimens E.ramined. 



S Cape of Good Hope, P.M. 



Cape Town .... 



Calvinia, Cape Colony 



Poi't Nollotli, L. Naniaqiuiland 



Little Namaqualand 



(type of E./oidii) 



1. Length from snout to vent. 2. Number of scales across middle of body. 

 3. Ventral plates in longest transverse series. 4. Transverse series of ventral 

 plates. 5. Plates in collar. 6. Gular scales in straight median series. 7. 

 Femoral pores (right and left if differing). 8. Lamellar scales under foiu-th 

 toe. 9. Upper labials to below centre of eye. 



Same explanation for the following tables in this genus. 



Habitat. — Western parts of South Africa, from Great Namaqualand 

 to the Cape Peninsula. The type described and figured by Milne- 

 Edwards ajjpears to be lost, but 6 specimens from Delalande's Collec- 

 tion are incorrectly labelled as types in the Paris Museum.* 



This species agrees with Eremias lineo-ocellata iu form, scaling and 

 * Of these, one belongs to S. suboilitalis and one to Eremias capensis. 



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