116 lACERTID^, 



feebly keeled, laterals more strongly ; the scales on the upper sur- 

 face of the depressed portion of the tail small. Brownish or 

 orange above, sides with a broad dark bro\yn or tile-red band edged 

 ■vrith whitish ; sides and limbs with whitish spots ; lower surfaces 

 yellow. 



d- ?. 



millira. millim. 



Total length 214 267 



Head 21 25 



Width of head 15 20 



From end of snout to fore limb , 36 37 



From end of snout to vent 78 97 



Fore limb 29 34 



Hind limb 58 70 



Tail 136 170 



South Africa.. 



n-h. (^ 2 - Great Namaqualand. Sir A. Smith [P.]. (Types of 



Acanthodaoti/Iu'i capensis.^ 

 c. 2 . Beaufort West. Rev. G. H. R. Fisk [P.]. 



9. Scapteira cuneirostris. 



Podarces (Scapteira) cuneirostris, Strauch, Mel. Biol. Ac. St, Petersb. 



vi. 1867, p. 411. 

 Samites (Ereuiias) cuneirostris, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1869, p. 60. 



Snout much flattened, cuneiform, with projecting angular labial 

 njargin. Nasals swoUen, lower largely in cont9,ct with the rostral ; 

 frontonasal forming a suture with the rostral ; frontal scarcely 

 grooved ; three large supraoculars, anterior in contact with the 

 loreal and the supraciliary, the two others separated from the 

 supraciliaries by a series of granules ; third supraocular bordered 

 posteriorly by several rows of granules ; a series of two to six 

 small shields or granules between the second supraocular and 

 the frontal ; interparietal rhomboidal ; one or several granules 

 represent the occipital ; a few feebly enlarged supratemporals bor- 

 dering the parietals ; temporal scales obtusely keeled ; ear-opcniug 

 small, partly concealed uuder an oblique fold of skin ; subocular 

 resting on the sixth and seventh, or the fifth, sixth, and seventh ujiper 

 labials ; the two or three anterior pairs of chin-shields in contact. 

 Gular scales very small ; coUar-edge nearly straight, feebly serrated, 

 with very small plates. Dorsal scales minutely granular, smooth. 

 Ventrals small, as long as broad, subcqual, in oblique longitudinal 

 series ; 42 to 48 transverse series, the longest of which contain 

 26 to 30 plates. Pra?anals small, irregular. The adpressed hind 

 limb reaches the eye ; foot a little longer than the distance between 

 the arm and the anterior border of the orbit ; digits compressed, 

 feebly keeled inferiorly, strongly fringed on the outer edge ; several 

 series of subtibial shields, outer largest. 19 to 22 femoral pores. 



