MacmaJionia. 373 



Reaches a leugtli of 87 millim. from suout to vent, tail 151, accord- 

 iuff to Boettger. The figure in Fedtschenko's Eeise represents a 

 sjiecinien 105 milliin. long from suout to vent. 



PiirticnJars of Sjjeciniens Examined. 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 



<? R. Hi 6(5 59 20 39 22 34 16-15 20 7 



? R. Lepsa 56 63 22 40 18 34 17 20 8 



Yg 36 60 22 42 23 31 lG-17 21 7 



Hgr. Michailovo, Transcaspia . . 45 56 22 40 16 35 18-19 21 7 



<J Molle Kary „ . . 65 50 20 40 18 33 18-17 22 7 



„ Lower Morgab „ . . 76 50 22 40 20 34 18 21 7-8 



Habitat. — Aralo-Caspian Steppes, Trauscaspia, Bokhara, and 

 Russian Turkestan. 



20. MACMAHONIA. 



MacmaJionia, Bouleug. Journ. Zool. Res. iii, 1918, p. 2. 



Differing from Scapfira. s. str., only in tlie absence of 

 femoral ]3ores. 

 A single species. 



1. MACMAHONIA APOROSCELES. 



Scajitira ajmrogcelet', Alcock & Finn, Journ. As. Soe. Beng. l.w, ii, 

 1896, p. 559, pi. xiii. 



Head and body depressed. Head 1^ to 1| times as long as broad, 

 its length Sj to 4 times in length to vent, its depth equal to the 

 distance between the centre of the eye and the tympanum. Snout 

 acutely pointed, with slightly swollen nasals, a little longer than the 

 postoeular part of the head ; canthus rostralis sharp, loreal region 

 vertical, slightly concave. Pileus twice as long as broad. Hind limb 

 reaching between the ear and the eye or between the collar and tlie 

 ear * ; foot IJ to 1^ times the length of the head ; toes long, flattened. 

 Tn.il IJ to 2 times as long as head and body, depressed at the base. 



Upper head-shields smooth ; rostral slightly deeper tlian broad, 

 nari-ower beneath than above; nasals in contact beiiind the rostral, 

 the suture between them h to J the length of the frontonasal, which 



* Or tlif eve, arcordiiiK to Alcock and Finn. 



