110 LACERTID.E. 



C? . $ . 



millim. millim. 



Total length — * IGI 



Head 14 15 



AVidth of head 10 11 



From end of snout to fore limb .... 24 26 



From end of snout to vent 60 66 



Fore limb 21 23 



Hind limb 40 42 



Tail — 95 



South Africa ; Comoro Islands, 



a-d. d"$. S.Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. I (Tj-pes of ^remtas 



e. 5 • S. Africa. j fordii.) 



f. S' S. Africa. 



g. Yg. S. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



h. Yg. Johanna. C. E. Bewsher, Esq. [0.]. 



2. Scapteira depressa. 



Eremias knoxii, part., Gray, Cat. p. 40. 

 Lacerta depressa, Merrem, Tent. p. 63, and Beitr. Gesch. Amph. 



p. 106, pL viii. 

 Scapteira depressa, Buettg. Ber, Senckenh. Ges. 1886, p. 12. 



Head short : snout obtuse. Nasals rather strongly swollen, 

 lower forming a suture with the rostral ; frontonasal in contact with 

 the rostral ; a pair of praefrontals ; frontal grooved anteriorly ; three 

 supraoculars, anterior smallest and in contact with the loreal and 

 the anterior supraciliary ; one or two small scales or granules 

 between the anterior supraocular and the frontal ; a series of 

 granules between the two principal supraoculars and the supra- 

 ciliaries ; interparietal rhomboidal ; parietals forming a suture 

 behind the latter ; occipital minute or absent ; a band-like shield 

 borders the parietals externally ; temporal scales granular, not 

 keeled ; anterior border of ear denticulated ; subocular not reaching 

 the lip, resting on the fifth, sixth, and seventh, or fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth upper labials ; the two anterior pair of chin-shields in 

 contact, the third pair separated by a row of granules. Collar 

 curved, perfectly free, with 7 to 9 plates. Dorsal scales granular, 

 smooth, rhomboidal, and obtusely keeled towards the sacrum ; 

 70 to 75 scales across the middle of the body. Yentral plates in 

 straight longitudinal and transverse series ; those of the series 

 on each side of the median pair a little broader than long, the 

 others not broader than long ; they form 12 or 14 longitudinal 

 and 31 to 35 transverse series. Praeaual plates small, sub- 

 equal. The adpressed hind limb reaches the tympanum, or half- 

 way between the latter and the shoulder : foot as long as the 



* Tail lost. 



