16. opniOMORUs. 



397 



uuUim. 



Total length VM) Fore limb 



Head 7 Hind limb 



Width of head 4-.5 Tail 



Body 5;i 



milliiii. 

 5 

 5 

 70 



A larger specimen, with broken tail, measures 84 millim. from 

 snout to vent. 

 Western Persia. 



a b. Ad. & hgr. 



Kurdistan. 



Vienna Museum [E.]. (As 

 Heterojiodium kotschyanum. ) 



5. Ophiomorus punctatissimiis. 



Opliioniorus luiliaris, (-ira]!, Cat. p. 121. 

 Schneid. Hist. Ainph. ii. p. 'i'1'2. 

 Anguis punctatissimiis, liibr. ^- Bon/ de St. Vine. Ecped. Sc. Murde, 



Rcpt. p. 71, pi. xi. tisr. •",; Gerv. Ana. Sc. Nat. (2) vi. 183(5, p. 310 (?). 

 Ophiomorus miliiiris *, Diun. Hf Bihr. v. p. 709 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; 



Strauch, Erp. Alg. p. 40 (?) ; Schreib. Erp. Eur. p. 338. 



Snout conical, obtuse, the rostral projecting beyond the lip. 

 Nostril nearer the rostral than the anterior loreal ; two loreals, an- 

 terior in contact Avith the second, or first and second labials ; fronto- 

 nasal moderate, not half as long as the frontal, which is as broad as 

 or a little broader than long ; prnofrontals small, widely separated, 

 as large as the anterior supraocular ; four supraoculars, anterior 

 largest and descending to the supraciliary edge ; two supraciliaries, 

 anterior largest, behind the anterior supraocular ; interparietal a 

 little broader than long, and nearl}- as long as the frontal : fronto- 

 parietals as large as or a little larger than the praefrontals ; parietals 

 band-lilce, narrow ; two or three pairs of nuchals, anterior in contact 

 with the interparietal ; fourth upper labial below the eye. Ear 

 hidden or slightly distinguishable. Two azygos postmentals. Body 

 anguiform, limbless. 18 scales round the body, the dorsals largest. 

 Two enlarged prseanals. Tail nearly as long as head and body. 

 Cream-coloured, brownish on the head and sides, which are besides 

 crowded with brown spots ; the four median series of dorsal scales 

 with a minute brown dot, or unspotted ; each ventral scale with a 



large brown dot. 



Head 



Width of head 



millim. 

 8 

 5 



Greece : Asia Minor ; Algeria (?). 



a. Ad. 



b-e. Ad., hgr., & yg. 



Greece. 

 Xanthus. 



miUim. 

 From end of snout to 



vent 78 



Tail 67 



Prof. Dumeril [P.]. (One 



of the types.) 

 Sir C. Fellows [P.]. 



Anyuis miliaris, 'Pa]l&s, = Eryx Jacu/us, L. 



