90 



LACERTID^. 



than long ; in twelve longitudinal series, the median and enter 

 pairs narrowest, longer than broad ; 33 to 30 transverse series. 

 A large prasanal plate, bordered by two or three semicircles of 

 smaller ones. The hind limb reaches tlie axilla or the shonlder 

 in the female, between the shoulder and the car in the male ; 

 foot as long as the distance between the arm and the anterior 

 border of the orbit or the centre of the eye ; one series of large, 

 and one or two of small, subtibial plates. 13 to 17 femoral pores. 

 Tail once and half to once and two thirds the length of head and 

 body ; upper caudal scales feebly keeled, lower smooth. Pale grey 

 al)ove, uniform or with scattered round darker spots, which usually 

 form a regular series on each side of the tail ; lower surfaces white. 



millim. millim. 



Total length — * 112 



Head 14 10 



Width of head 10 7 



From end of snout to fore limb 22 16 



From end of snout to vent 53 45 



Fore limb 21 16 



Hind limb 34 24 



Tail — 67 



Egypt, Sinaitic peninsula. 



a-d. J , $ , & hgr. Egypt. Sir J. Wilkinson [P.]. 



(Types of Scapfeira nehulosa.) 



e. $ . Near Cairo. Dr. Anderson [P.]. 



f. Hgr. N. Africa. Berlin Museum. 



(Type of Mesalina lichtensteimi^ 

 (J. S Sinaitic Peninsula. H. C. Hart, Esq. [C.]. 



h -i. S 2 ■ Mt. Sinai. 



9. Eremias suborbitalis f. 



Eremias suborbitalis, Peters, Q^fvers. Vet. Ak. Forh. 1869, p. 6o8. 



Snout rather pointed. Kasals strongly swollen ; frontonasal in 

 contact with the rostral ; two prajfrontals ; frontal grooved anteriorly ; 

 three large supraoculars, second and third separated from the supra- 

 ciliaries by a series of granules ; interparietal rhomboidal ; no occi- 

 pital ; temporal scales granular, smooth ; two large auricular lobules ; 

 lower eyelid entirely granular ; subocular not reaching the lip, 

 resting on the fifth, sixth, and seventh upper labials ; the three 

 anterior pairs of chin-sliields in contact. No gidar fold ; collar 

 straight, entirely free. Dorsal scales round, convex, smooth, 

 juxtaposed, 70 across the middle of the body. Yentral plates in 

 straight longitudinal and slightly angular transverse series, a 

 little broader than long ; 12 longitudinal and 33 transverse series. 

 Two slightly enlarged azygos praoanals. The adpressed hind 



* Tail lost. 



t Described from tlio type specimen (G150) in the Berlin Museum. 



