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XXXIX. — Description of three neio Species o/Eremias. 

 By Dr. A. GiJNTHER. 



Eremias nitida. 



Snout not much produced or depressed, not much longer 

 than the cleft of the orbit. Eyelid scaly. The labial margin 

 of the suborbital shield is not longer than the preceding upper 

 labial. Ventral scutes in six longitudinal and twenty-six 

 transverse series. A brown longitudinal band along the back,, 

 separated by a brownish-red line from the black lateral band. 

 Sides from behind the eye deep black, with two parallel white 

 lines proceeding from the eye, the upper above the tympanum, 

 the lower passing through its lower part. Tail and limbs 

 uniform brownish. Lower parts white. 



West Africa. Two specimens ; the body of the larger is 

 40 millims. long^ its tail being 90 millims. 



Eremias SjpeMi. 



Snout rather produced and pointed. Eyelid scaly. All the 

 shields on the upper surface of the head ornamented hy deep 

 grooves. Supraorbitals with a few small scales in front and 

 behind. The labial margin of the suborbital shield not longer 

 than the preceding upper labial. Vertical narrowest and 

 truncated posteriorly. Ventral scutes in six longitudinal and 

 thirty transverse series. Dorsal scales very small, but each 

 with an oblique keel. Brownish, with three white longitu- 

 dinal lines on the back, and sometimes with another rather 

 irregular one along the side. Short black cross bars between 

 the white lines. 



Two specimens were obtained by the late Capt. Speke in 

 5° 7' S. lat., between the coast and Unyamuezi. The body of 

 the larger is 53 millims. long (without tail). 



Eremias Fordii. 



Allied to E. Knoxii. 



Snout pointed, moderately produced. Eyelid scaly. An- 

 terior frontal not in contact with the rostral ; generally an 

 azygos shield between the posterior frontals. Vertical narrow 

 and truncated behind ; a series of granules between the supra- 

 ciliaries and supraorbitals. The infraorhital does not enter the 

 labial margin^ and is situated above the fifth ^ sixth^ and seventh 

 supralabials. Dorsal scales very small, each with an oblique 

 keel. Ventral scutes in twelve longitudinal and twenty-nine 

 transverse series. Prjeanal scales rather large. Toes distinctly 

 serrated behind. Brownish, with black spots, which are ar- 

 ranged in longitudinal bands, one on each side of the back 

 being the broadest, and including round whitish ocelli. A 



