370 L„cprtiil-r. 



Caudal scales narrow, feebly keeled, the dorsal granules extendiiiir 

 for some distance along the middle of the tail ; 56 scales in the fifth 

 whorl behind the postanal granules. 



Sand-coloured above, with a blackish network ; head witli s\ uime- 

 trical black markings. Lower parts white. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent . . .35 

 fore limb . . 15 



Length of head 10 



Width of head 6-5 



Depth of head ..... 4'5 



Fore limb 14 



Hind limb ...... 25 



Foot 13 



This species is known from a single young specimen, from between 

 Nushki and the Helmand, Northern Baluchistan. 



10. SCAPTIEA PEESICA. 



Sccqiinra 2}crx!ca, Wikolsky, Ann. Mus. Zool. St. Fcter.sb. iv, 1899, 

 p. 395, pi. X, fig. 



Form as in S. ariifii-o.^ti-i.'^, but hind limb reaching only the collar, 

 or between the collar and the ear, and jsai'ietals as long as broad. 

 Nasals swollen, lower not reaching the rostral. Frontal as long as its 

 dista,nce from the end of the snout. Occipital very small or absent. 

 A small anterior supraocular, separated from the f I'ontal and from the 

 large supraocular by a series of granules. Subocular not reaching the 

 mouth. 2 to 5 obtuse lobules on the anterior border of the ear. 

 Collar hardly curved, with 10 to 13 small plates. 



Scales granular, smooth. Ventral plates in 37 to 39 transverse 

 series, the longest containing 20 plates. No enlarged preauals. 

 17 or 18 femoral pores on each side. Upper caudal scales strongly 

 keeled. 



Bluish grey above, i-eticulated with black; In ad rufous, spotted 

 with black ; lower parts white. 



Total length 165 millim. 



Habitat. — Tscharachs, Zirckuch district, Eastern Persia. 



This species is only known to me from Nikolsky's description, based 

 on 8 specimens preserved in the Petrograd Museum. 



