104 LACEETID^. 



Eremias cferuleo-ocellata (tion D. c^- B?), Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 



1872, p. 373. 

 yarkandensis, BImif. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xliv. 187o, 



p. 194, arul '2nd Yarkand Miss., liept. p. 16, pi. ii. fig. 3. 

 Podarces (Eremias) luultiocellata, Stranch, Voy. Brzewalski, Rept. 



p. 2G. 

 ( ) planiceps, Strauch, I. c. p. 39, pi. iv. fig. 3. 



Head moderate : snout obtuse. Nasals not swollen ; lower nasal 

 not forming a suture with the rostral ; frontonasal separated from 

 the rostral ; two pra^frontals, sometimes with an azygos shield 

 hetween ; frontal not distinctly grooved ; two large, and a small 

 posterior third, supraoculars ; a few small scales or granules between 

 the anterior supraocular and the loreal ; the distance between the 

 latter shields is less than the length of the anterior supraocular ; no 

 granules between the supraoculars and the frontal ; interparietal 

 small ; no occipital ; temporal scales granular, smooth ; an enlarged 

 scale on the supero-antcrior border of the ear ; no auricular denti- 

 culation ; lower eyelid opaque ; subocular (usually) reaching the 

 lip, between the sixth ,and seventh u])per labials ; lower nasal in 

 contact with three nasals '; 'Ihe three anterior pairs of chin-shields 

 in contact. A rather indistinct transverse gular fold, connecting 

 the ears ; 27 * gular scales on a line from the collar to the suture 

 between the anterior chin-shields ; collar slightly curved, perfectly 

 free. Dorsal scales granular, flat, juxtaposed, perfectly smooth, 

 45 across the middle of the body. Ventral plates forming irregular 

 oblique longitudinal and slightly angular transverse series ; the 

 longest transverse series contain 14 or IG (seldom 18) plates, which 

 are as long as broad or a little longer than broad ; 32 (28 to 35) 

 transverse series. The adpressed hind limb reaches the axil ; the 

 length of the foot equals the distance between the arm and the 

 centre of the eye ; digits rather feebly keeled inferiorly : an outer 

 series of very large subtibial shields. 13 (9 to 14) femoral pores. 

 Tail a little longer than head and body (usuallj' once and a half the 

 length of the latter); basal caudal scales all smooth, posterior upper 

 eaudals feebly keeled. Olive-grey above, head and middle of the 

 back spotted or reticulated with black ; sides and limbs with 

 whitish, black-edged oceUi. 



millim. miUim. 



Total length 1 20 From end of snout 



Head 14 to vent 58 



Width of head 9 Fore limb 20 



From end of snout Hind limb 30 



to fore limb 21 Tail 62 



Eastern Turkestan, Mongolia. 



a. 2- Gobi Desert. J. Brenchley, Esq. [P.]. (Type.) 



* 24 or 25 in the type of E. planiceps, as Dr. Strauch kindly informs me. 



