9.- ABLEPHAEtJS, 355 



20 scales round the middle of the body ; dorsals largest, laterals 

 smallest. Two very large proeanals. Limbs very short, pentadactyle, 

 widely separated when adjircsscd ; digits obtusely keeled inferiorly. 

 Tail as long as, or a little longer than, head and body. Ijrouzy 

 olive above, sides darker ; a blackish, light-edged lateral streak on 

 each side, beginning from the nostril and passing through the eye ; 

 lower surfaces greenish. 



iiiillim. iiiillim. 



Total length 1 U2 Fore limb 8 



Head 8 Hind limb 11 



Width of head 5 Tail 51 



Body 43 



Hungary to Greece and Asia Minor ; [Syria ; jS'orth Arabia. 



Dr. lleckel. 



G. Saunders, Esq. [P.]. 

 C. G. Danford, Esq. [P.]. 

 Haslar Collection. 



14. Ablepharus elegans. 



Miculia elegaus, Gray, Cat. p. C6. 

 31iculia elegans, Gray, Zoul. Erebus and Terror, Rept. pi. v. fig. 3. 



Snout rather elongate, conical, rostral slightly projecting. Eye 

 incompletely surrounded with granules. Nasals forming a suture 

 behind the rostral ; frontonasal forming a broad suture with the 

 frontal, the prtefi-ontals beiug small and widely separated ; frontal 

 nearly as long as its distance from the nuchals, in contact with the 

 two anterior supraoculars ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, 

 latter largest ; three supraoculars, first smallest, second largest ; three 

 rather large supraciliaries ; three or four pairs of nuchals ; three 

 or four labials anterior to the subocular. Ear-opening minute, 

 hardly distinct. Body much elongate. IG scales round the body ; 

 dorsals largest, laterals smallest. Two large praeanals. Limbs short, 

 tetradactyle, widely separated when adpressed ; digits long and 

 slender. Tail about as long as head and body. Bronzy above, each 

 of the dorsal scales on the vertebral line with a black central dot ; 

 a black lateral band, edged below with a narrow white line, begin- 

 ning from the nostril and passing through the eye. 



millim. miilim. 



Total length 89 Pore limb 6-5 



Head 7 Hind limb 12 



Width of head 4 Tail 46 



Body 36 



West Australia. 



a-c. Ad. W. Australia. Mr. Gilbert [0.]. (Types.) 



d. Hgr. Champion Bay, N.W. Australia. Mr. Duboulay [C.]. 



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