15, SCAPTEIRA. Ill 



distance between the arm. and the anterior border of the orbit 

 digits subcyliiidrical, strongly keeled inforiorly, fcoldy fringed ; a 

 series of very large, and one or two of smaller, subtibial plates. 

 15 to 21 femoral pores. Tail nearly twice as long as head and 

 body ; upper caudal scales keeled ; basal subcauduls smooth or 

 obtusely keeled. Young dark brown above, with live longitudinal 

 ■white bands, as wide as the interspaces between them, the median 

 bifurcating on the nape ; series of small wliite spots along the 

 dark bands ; limbs with large round spots. These markings become 

 indistinct or disappear in the adult, which are greyish or coppery 

 brown above, with longitudinal series of irregular black spots, some- 

 times forming a reticulation ; lower surfaces white. 



millim. milliiu. 



Total length 163 From end of snout 



Head 18 to vent 58 



Width of head 10 Fore limb 20 



Fromendof snout to Hind limb 37 



fore limb 23 Tail 105 



South Africa. 



a. d . S. Africa. Earl of Derby [P.]. 



b-d. 2 & hgr. S. Africa. 



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



3. Scapteira serripes *. 

 Eremias serripes, Peters, CEfvers. Vet. Ak. Fork. 1869, p. 659. 



Snout long and pointed, loreal region concave. Nasals feebly 

 swollen, lower not reaching the rostral ; frontonasal separated from 

 the rostral ; frontal grooved anteriorly ; three large supraoculars, 

 first with a small shield on each side, the two others bordered 

 externally with granules ; interparietal rhomboidal ; no occipital ; 

 no band-like supratemporal shield; temporal scales obtusely keeled ; 

 anterior border of ear with two or three large projecting scales ; 

 subocular not reaching the lip, resting on the sixth, seventh, and 

 eighth upper labials : the two or three anterior pairs of chin-shields 

 in contact. CoUar curved, perfectly free, with 9 or 10 plates. 

 Dorsal scales granular and smooth on the nape and between the 

 shoulders, larger, subimbricate, and obtusely keeled on the back. 

 Yentral plates about as long as broad, subequal, in straight longi- 

 tudinal series ; 29 or 30 transverse series, the longest of which 

 contains 18 plates. Two large praeauals, posterior largest. The 

 adpressed hind limb reaches the eye ; foot as long as the distance 

 between the arm and the nostril ; digits compressed, keeled 

 inferiorly, strongly fringed laterally ; one series of very large 



* Described from two specimens in the Berlin Museum — the type (6151) 

 from Damaraland, and one from Benguela (6475) sent bj Bocage as *S. reticulata. 



