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14. Acanthodactylus micropholis. 



A. squamis dorsalibus earinatis, parvis, antice et ad latera minimis ; 

 scutis ventralibus in series longitndinales 10, extremis an- 

 gustioribus ordinatis ; poris femoralibus utrinque circiter 25 ; 

 digitis breviter fimbriatis ; scuto infraorbital! plerumque ad labrum 

 pertinente : superne griseus vel fuscus, longitudinaliter albo 

 striatus, membris albo maculatis : caeterum A. Cantoris similis. 



Hob. in Gedrosia (Baluchistan). 



This is distinguished from A. Cantoris and, a fortiori, from 

 A. Boshianus by its much smaller scales on the back, by the 

 granular scales, resembling those of an Eremias, on the back 

 of the neck, by the infraorbital shield resting on two supra- 

 labials instead of three or four and generally reaching the 

 lip, by being always striped even in old specimens, &c. 

 Several specimens were procured. 



Family Scincidae. 



15. Ablepharus pusillus. 



A. parvus gracilis, cauda corporis longitudinem fere duplam a;quante ; 

 scuto rostrali mediocri, nasalibus postfrontalibusque discretis, 

 supraciliaribus tribus anteriore maximo, prseoccipitali (seu fronto- 

 parietal!) unico, interoccipitali mediocri ; palpebris omnino absen- 

 tibus, annulo circumorbitali e squamis parvulis composito ; meatu 

 auditorio parvo, haud denticulato ; squamis 20 circum medium 

 corpus, circiter 26 inter axillam et inguinem. 



Hab. ad Basrah, ad ripas fluminis Shat el Arab (Tigridis 

 cum Euphrate juncti). 



Two specimens obtained. It differs from Ablepharus 

 Brandti, Strauch (? A. agilis, Stoliczka), in the smaller 

 number of scales between the axils, which are fifty in that 

 species. 



Zygnopsis, gen. nov. 



Genus affine Ophwmori, naribus inter duo scuta, alium supra, alium 

 infra, supranasalibus contiguis, sed membris quatuor debilibus 

 prseditum. 



16. Zygnopsis brevipes. 



Z. corpore elongato,, pedibus brevibus, anticis digitis 4, posticis 3 

 instructis, capite conico, rostro rotundato ; scuto verticali magno, 

 postice latiore, ad latera emarginato ; occipitali magno, margine 

 anteriore concava, postica valde convexa ; praeoccipitalibus nullis ; 

 postoccipitalibus minoribus, oblique elongatis ; oculis parvis, palpe- 



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