14. EREMIAS. 85 



Head moderate ; snout rather pointed. Nasals feebly swollen ; 

 frontonasal broader than long, separated from the rostral : two jirDe- 

 frontals ; frontal feebly grooved anteriorly ; two large supraoculars, 

 completely surrounded with granules ; two or three small scales on 

 a line from the loreal to the anterior supraocular, the length of 

 which equals or a little exceeds its distance from the loreal ; inter- 

 parietal rhomboidal, shorter than the suture between the fronto- 

 parietals ; occij)ital absent or minute ; parietals not longer than 

 broad, usually forming a suture behind the interparietal ; a more or 

 less elongate shield on the outer border of the parietals ; a curved 

 band-like scale on the supero-anterior border of the ear ; temporal 

 scales small, Hat, smooth ; no auricular denticulation ; lower eyelid 

 scaly ; subocular bordering the lip, between the fifth and sixth 

 (exceptionally fourth and fifth) upper labials ; the three anterior 

 pairs of chin-shields in contact. Collar curved, perfectly free, 

 with 7 to 11 plates. Dorsal scales granular, hexagonal, juxta- 

 posed, obtusely keeled, 65 to 73 across the middle of the body. 

 Ventral plates in straiglit longitudinal and transverse series, all 

 much broader than long, in six longitudinal series, the median 

 pair usually a little narrower than the others ; 27 to 30 trans- 

 verse series. Praeanal scales small, subequal, irregular. The hind 

 limb reaches the eye ; the length of the foot equals the distance 

 between the arm and the nostril or the end of the snout ; a series 

 of very large subtibial plates. 12 to 16 femoral pores on each side. 

 Tail more than twice as long as head and body ; caudal scales 

 strongly keeled, except the basal subcaudals, which are smooth. 

 Upper surface of head yellowish brown shaded with brownish I'ed, 

 the sides cream-yellow : back and sides of body liver-brown, varie- 

 gated with longitudinal stiijjcs and spots of gamboge-yellow ; the 

 stripes three in number, sometimes broken up into spots, the median 

 bifurcates on the nape ; upper surface of limbs with round yellow 

 spots ; tail yellowish or pinkish, with two longitudinal brown bands 

 on the upper surface of the basal portion ; lower surfaces whitish or 

 reddish brown. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 162 170 



Head 12 12 



AVidth of head 7 8 



From end of snout to fore limb 19 20 



From end of snout to vent .... 45 50 



Fore limb 17 19 



Hind limb 34 38 



Tail 117 120 



South-western Africa, from the northern boundary of Cape Colony 

 to Hereroland. 



a, b. Several spec: d , $ , & hgr. S. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



(Types.) 

 c. 6- S. Africa. 



