13. E0MECES. 335 



Pie jstiodon aldrovaadii, part., Dum. ^- Bihr. v. p. 701. 

 7<^^iimece.s piivimeutatus, var. nlf^eviensi.^, Peters, Man. Berl. Ar. \<i)\, 

 p. 4'J ; BoctU/. Abh. .Senckenb. Ges. xiii. 183:3, p. 120. 



Plestiodon cyprium, Strauch, Erp. Ah/, p. 44. 



Eiimeces pavimentatiis, Boetfg. Ahh. Senckenb. Gfii. ix. 187-'', p. 140. 



Head larf:;e ; cheeks swollen in the adult ; snout short, obtuse. 

 Xasal usually divided, in contact with, the first upper labial only ; 

 no postnasal ; five supraoculars, the three anterior in contact with, 

 the frontal ; parietals entirely separated by the interparietal ; four 

 or five pairs of uuchals ; ear-o])ening rather large, with three or 

 four obtuse lobules anteriorly ; two az3-g03 postni"ntals. 3;) or 32 

 scales round the middle of the body, the dorsals distinctly striated ; 

 the two median longitudinal dorsal scries of scales much broader 

 than the others. The length of the hind limb is contained about 

 thrice in the length from snout to vent ; when pressed against the 

 bjdy the limbs just meet or fail to meet. A series of transversely 

 enlarged subcaudals. Brown above, with orange-red spots, the 

 lirgest of which sometimes form irregular transverse bands on the 

 body : lower surfaces yellowish white. 



iiiilliiii. millim. 



Total length 415 Fore limb 55 



Head 40 Hind limb 05 



Width of head .... 34 Tail 220 



Body 1 55 



Algeria, ^Morocco. 



a-r. Ad. N.W. Africa. Zoological Society. 



(I, e. Ad., stuffed. N.W. Africa. 



31. Eumeces hlythianus. 



Mabouia blythiana, Anders. Pro€. As. Sue. Ben;/. 1871, p. 186. 

 Eumeces biythianus, Thcoh. Cat. Repl. Brit. Lid. p. (iG. 



This species appears to be very closely allied to the two pre- 

 ceding. It has 30 scales round the body, as in E. aJr/eriensis, and 

 the auricular lobules are strong and the scales perfectly smooth, as in 

 E. schneideri. It differs from both in the presence of a single ])ost- 

 mental. Olive-brown above ; three dark brown longitudinal lines 

 along the back, from the nape to the base of the tail ; a broader 

 dark brown band from the eye over the tympanum, along the side ; 

 a broad pale yellowish ban<l below it from below the eye to the 

 groin ; lower surfaces yellowish. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 240 Fore limb 28 



Head 15 Hind Umb 38 



Body 75- Tail 150 



Amritzur, Punjab? 



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