14. EREMIAS. 105 



Yar. saturata. 

 Eremias yarkandensis, var. saturata, Blanf. II. cc. fig. 4. 



Differs from the type in the subocular not reaching the lip, and 

 in darker colour ; neither character, however, is quite constant. 

 Valleys of the Kuenluen llange, South of Yarkand. 



22. Eremias quadrifrons. 



Podarces (Eremias) quadrifrons, Strauch, Voy. Przetcalski, Rept. 

 p. 34, pi. iv. lig. '2. 



Nasals not swollen, lower divided and forming a suture with the 

 rostral; frontonasal separated from the rostral ; four prasfrontals, 

 outer narrow, band-Uke, wedged in between the frontonasal, the 

 normal prajfrontals, and the loreals ; two large, and a small posterior 

 third, supraoculars ; a series of granules between the supraoculars 

 and the supraciliaries and two in front of the anterior supraocular ; 

 interparietal small ; no occipital ; lower eyelid opaque ; subocular 

 not reaching the lip ; lower nasals in contact with three labials ; 

 the three anterior pairs of chin-shields in contact. 37 or 38 gular 

 scales on a line from the collar to the suture between the anterior 

 gular scales*; collar curved, perfectly free, with ten plates. Dorsal 

 scales granular, smooth. Ventral plates in 32 transverse, and 14 or 

 16 oblique longitudinal series. An outer series of large transverse 

 tibial shields. 13 femoral pores. Tail about once and one third 

 the length of head and body. Olive-grey above ; head irregularly 

 spotted with black ; a light streak along each side of the back, 

 bordered internally by an interrupted black streak, externally by a 

 series of black ocelH with bluish-white centre. Total length 138 

 millim. : tail 38. 



Alashan Desert. 



23. Eremias przewalskii 



Podarces (Eremias) kessleri, Strauch, Voy. Przewalski, Rept. p. 36, 

 pi. V. 



( ) brachydactyla, Strauch, I. c. p. 41, pi. vi. 



■ ( ) przewalskii, Strauch, I. c. p. 4.j, pi. vii. 



Head moderate ; snout obtuse. Nasals scarcely swollen, the 

 lower sometimes divided, not reaching the rostral; fronto-nasal 

 separated from the rostral ; two prajfrontals ; frontal feebly grooved 

 anteriorly ; a small supraocular in front of and another behind 

 the two large ones, the anterior sometimes broken up into small 

 scales or granules ; the distance from the loreal to the first prin- 

 cipal supraocular is less than the length of the latter shield ; 

 the supraoculars in contact with the frontal; interparietal small; 



* According to a communication from Dr. Strauch. 



t Compljing with a request from Dr. Strauch, I have adopted for this 

 species the name which recalls its discoverer. 



