384 scixciD-B. 



Lacerta rufescens, part., Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 285. 

 Sciucus pavimeutatus, Geoffr. I. c. p. 1.j8, pi. iv. fig. 



cepedii, Merr. Tent. -p. 71. 



cypi'ius, Cuv. R. A. 2nd ed. ii. p. 62. 



Tiliqua cyprinus, Grat/, Griff. A. K. be. Syn. p. 68. 



Eumeces pavinieiitatus, H'tei/?n. Ilerp. 3Iex. p. 36 ; Pefers, Mon. 



Berl. Ac. 1864, p. 48 ; Blunf. Zool. E. Persia, p. 387 ; Kessler, 



Tr. St. Petersb. Nat. Sac. viii. 1878, Su2}pl. p. 177; Boetty. Ber. 



Senckenb. Gfis. 1880-1881, p. 183. 

 Plestiodon aldrovaudii, part., I)ii»t. S,- Bibr. v. p. 701. 

 Euprepis princeps, Eichw. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. ii. 1839, p. 303, and 



Faun. Casp.-Caxc. p. d'.i, pi. xxi. figs. 1-3. 

 Mabouia aurata, Gdnth. Rppt. Brit. hid. p. 82. 

 Plestiodon aldrovaiidii, De Fit. Via;;. Pers. p. 354. 

 Eumeces pavimentatus, var. svriaca, Boettg. Abh. Senchenb. Ges. xiii. 



1883, p. 120. 



Head moderate ; snout short, obtuse. Nasal rather large, usually 

 divided, in contact with the two anterior upper labials ; no post- 

 nasal : five supraoculars, the three anterior in contact with the 

 frontal ; parietals entirely separated by the interparietal ; four or 

 five pairs of nuchals ; ear-opening rather large, with four or five 

 long pointed lobules anteriorly ; two azygos postmentals. 22 to 28 

 scales round the middle of the body, perfectly smooth, the laterals 

 smallest, those of the two median dorsal series very broad and larger 

 than the ventrals. The length of the hind limb is contained twice 

 and a half to three times in the length from snout to vent ; when 

 pressed against the body the limbs just meet or fail to meet, A 

 series of transversely enlarged subcaudals. Olive-grey or brownish 

 above, uniform or with irregular golden-yellow spots or longitudinal 

 streaks : a yellowish lateral streak, extending from below the eye 

 to the hind limb, is constant ; lower surfaces yellowish white. 



niillim. millim. 



Total length 365 Fore limb 40 



Head 30 Hind limb 56 



Width of head 24 Tail 205 



Body 130 



Tunis, Egypt, Syria, Armenia, Persia, Baluchistan. 



a. Ad. Dead Sea. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



b. Ad. Jerusalem. 



c. Ad. Kirind, Persia. K. Loftu.s, Esq. [P.]. 

 d-f. Ad. & hgr. Near Niriz, east of Sliiraz. W.T. Blauford, E,sq. [C.]. 

 g. Ad. Helmand. Dr. Aitchison [C.]. 



(Afghan Boundary Comm.) 

 h. Ad. Shore Kalegar. Dr. Aitchi.^on [C.]. 



(Afghan Boundary Comm.) 



t, h. Ad. ? 



I. Skeleton. ? 



30. Eumeces algeriensis. 



Plestiodon auratus, part., Gray, Cat. p. 91. 

 Scincus cyprius [jion Cuv.), Gerv. Ann. Sci. Nat. (2) vi. 1836, p. 309. 



