354 SCINCIDJE. 



Snout short, obtuse, rostral not projecting. Eye entirclj' surrounded 

 by a circle of granules or small scales, the upper of which is much 

 elongate. Frontonasal in contact with the rostral and -with the 

 frontal ; latter nearly as long as the frontoparietals and interparietal 

 together, in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal distinct; three (or four) supraoculars, 

 first largest : five supraciliaries, second largest ; two or three pairs of 

 nuchals ; four labials anterior to the subocular. Ear-opening small, 

 suboval. 20 or 22 scales round the middle of the body ; dorsals 

 largest. Two large prasanals. Limbs short, pcntadactyle, failing to 

 meet or nearly meeting when adpressed ; digits smooth or obtusely 

 keeled infcriorly. Tail about once and two thirds as long as head 

 and body. ]3ronzy olive above, uniform or with three more or less 

 distinct longitudinal dark brown dorsal lines ; a dark brown, light- 

 edged band on each side, beginning from the nostril and passing 

 through the eye ; upper surface of tail frequently with dark and 

 light ocelli ; lower surfaces greenish white. 



Aralo-Caspian steppes, Turkestan. 



a. Ad. Chodshent, Aralo-Ciispian St. Petersburg Museum 



steppes. [E.]' 



b. Manv spec. : ad. Tschinas, Turkestan. St. Petersburg Museum 



&'hgr. [E.]. 



13. Ablepharus pannonicus. 



Ablepharus pamionicus, Gray, Cat. p. 63. 

 Riopa ? luppellii, Gray, I. c. p. 97. 

 Ablepharus pannonicus, Fitziny. Verh. Ges. Naturf. Fr. i. p. 297, 



pi. xiv. ; Cocteau, May. de Zool. 1835, Ii(i)f. pi. i. ; StraucJi, Mel. 



Biol. Ac. St. Petersb. vi. 1808, p. 560, and Bull. xii. p. 364 ; Schreib. 



Herp. Eur. p. 350. 

 kitaibelii, Bibron, in Borjj, Exped. &'c. Moree, Rcpi. p. 09, pi. xi. 



fig. 4 ; Cocteau, Etudes Seine. ; Dmn. Sf Bibr. v. p. 809 ; Gravenh. 



N. Acta Ac. Leop.-Carol. xxiii. 1851 , i. p. 358, pi. xxxvii. 

 Kiopa ruppeUii, Gray, Ann. N. II. ii. 1839, p. 332 *. 



Snout short, obtuse, rostral not projecting. Eye incompletely 

 surrounded with granules. Frontonasal in contact with the rostral 

 and with the frontal ; latter moderate, in contact with the two supra- 

 oculars : frontoparietals and interparietal distinct ; two large supra- 

 oculars, first in contact with the eye and preceded by two supra- 

 ciliaries ; three or four pairs of nuchals ; three labials anterior to 

 the subocular. Ear-opening minute. Body much elongate. IS or 



* Type (Senckeuberg Museum) examined. 



