Mr. W. T. Blaniord on new Reptilia. 31 



VJ. — Descriptions of new Reptilia and Amphibia from Persia 

 and Baluchistdn. By W. T. Blanfoed, F.R.S.* 



Laceetilia. 

 Family LacertidsB. 



9. Lacerta princeps. 



L. magna, fere sesquipedalis, dentibus palatalibus praedita ; scutis 

 postnasalibus utrinque binis, praefrontali unico, verticalis mar- 

 giuibus lateralibus parallelis, anteriore posterioreque in medio 

 prominentibus ; squamis temporalibus polygonalibus, antice majo- 

 ribus ; collari libero, denticulato ; squamis dorsalibus rhomboideis, 

 carinatis, in series transversas ordinatis, ventralibus in series 

 10 longitudinales, extremas valde angustiores, dispositis ; poris 

 femoralibus utrinque 14: supra griseo-olivacea, subtus albida, 

 maculis 4-5 caeruleis, nigro marginatis, longitudinaliter ordinatis, 

 utrinque post axillam ornata. 



Hub. in Persia meridionali. 



Only a single specimen obtained. The form of the back- 

 scales resembles that in the small species Lacerta Fitzingeri 

 and its allies (Notopholis, Gray, nee Wagler). 



10. Eremias persica. 



E. major, cauda elongata, corporis longitudinem dimidio vel plus 

 quam dimidio excedente, membris longioribus quam in peraffini 

 E. arguta Pall., pede anteriore ad rostrum attingente, posteriore 

 ultra humerum ; scuto infraoculari ad labrum pertinente ; supra- 

 labialibus caeteris 5-7 antice, 3-4 postice ; squamis caudalibus 

 caudoe basin versus baud carinatis : supra grisescenti-castanea, 

 nigro sparsim maculata, fascia lata nigra vel nigrescente, interdum 

 albo maculata vel interrupta utrinque ad latus ornata ; dorso in 

 aetate juniore albo nigro que longitudinaliter fasciato, lateribus 

 membrisque superne nigris, albo maculatis : casterum E. argutce 

 E. velocique Pall, similis. 



Hob. frequens in omnibus fere planitiebus Persicis, qua? 

 altitudinem pedum 3000 supra mare superant. 



A fine species, distinguished from E. arguta, Pall. (-E. 

 variabilis), by its longer tail and limbs, and by the infraocular 

 shield extending to the lip. From E. velox,*~Pa\\. f it may be 

 recognized by the caudal scales not being keeled. It is a 

 larger form than either, growing to a length of between 9 and 

 10 inches, and somewhat differently coloured. 



* Continued from vol. xiii. p. 455. 



