Apornsnnrn. 



375 



Measiireineuts of males (in millimelres) 



1. Length from snout to vent (in millimetres). 2. Scales across middle of 

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

 ventral plates. 5. Scales in collar. 6. Lamellar scales under fourth toe. 

 7. Upper labials to below centre of eye. 



Habltat.--Wi'tii of Kobat 1., on the limit between Baluchistan and 

 Afghanistan, where the lizard was found in abundance l\v the 

 Members of the Afghan-Baluch Boundary Commission of 1896, after 

 one of whom. Sir A. H. McMahon, the genus has been named. 



21. APOROSAURA. 



Pachijrhynchiis (non Spix), Bocage, Ann. & Mag. IST. H. (3) xx, 1867, 

 p. 226 ; Sirauch, Mel. Biol. Ac. St. Pctersb. vi, 1867, p. 408 ; Latasle, 

 Ann. Mus, Genova (2) ii, 1885, p. 126 ; Bocage, Herp. Angola, p. 33 



Aporomiira, Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 117 (1887). 



Head wide and flattened ; snout mucli depressed, wide, 

 spatulate, with trenchant margins greatly exceeding the 

 outline of the mouth. Head-shields normal, but no occi- 

 pital. Nostril pierced between three nasals, widely 

 separated from the first upper labial. Lower eyelid scaly. 

 No collar. Dor.sal scales granulai-. Ventral plntes 



