80 LACERTIDJE. 



black and "whitish spots on each side ; young with two whitish longi- 

 tudinal streaks on each side ; lower surfaces yellowish white. 



A- .^- 



ruillim. millim. 



Total length 203 227 



Head 16 18 



Width of head 11 12 



Prom end of snout to fore limb .... 27 31 



.From end of snout to vent 68 77 



Fore Hmb 26 28 



Hind limb 37 42 



Tail 135 150 



Damaraland, Kalahari Desert, South-east Africa. 



a, h-d. (S & yg. Kalahari Desert, Sir A Smith [P.]. 



e. § . Lake Nyassa. B. TheUwall, Esq. [C.]. 



14. EREMIAS. 



Podarcis, part., Waglcr, Stjst. Amph. p. loo; Strutich, Mel. Biol. Ac. 



St. Petcrsh. vi. 1867, p. 408. 

 Eremias {Fif.z.), Wicfpn. Hcrp. Me.v. p. 9 ; Bum. ^- Bibr. v. p. 286 ; 



Peters, Moti. Berl. Ac. 1869, p. 60 ; Lataste, Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) 



ii. 1885, p. 126. 

 Eremias, part., Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 1838, p. 280, cmd Cat. Liz. p. 39. 

 Scapteira, part., Gray, I. c. p. 281. 

 Ida, part.. Gray, I. c. 

 Mesalina, Gray, I. c, and Cat. p. 42. 

 Aspidorhinus, Eichw. Faun. Casp.-Cauc. p. 74. 

 Podarcis, Schreih. Hcrp. Eur. p. 374. 



Pseuderemias, Boettyer, Abh. Senck. Ges. xiii. 1883, p. 118. 

 Bouleugeria, Lataste, I. e. p. 116. 



Head-shields normal ; occipital often absent. Nostril pierced 

 between three or four nasals. Lower eyelid scaly, or with a small 

 transparent disk. Collar more or less distinct. Dorsal scales small, 

 juxtaposed or imbricate ; ventral shields feebly imbricate, smooth. 

 Digits subcylindrical or compressed, with keeled lamellae inferiorly. 

 Femoral pores. Tail cylindrical. 



Africa ; Asia. 



Synopsis of tlie Species. 



I, Ventral plates in straight or somewhat irregular longitudinal 

 series ; occipital shield usually present ; lower nasal, if un- 

 divided, resting on the first labial only. 



A. Ventrals in 6 to 10 longitudinal series, the outer series 

 (composed of much smaller plates) included. 



1. Supraoculars in contact with the frontal. 



Ventral plates in 6 longitudinal series ; 



dorsal scales strongly keeled 1. nitida, p. 83. 





