GastrojjhoUs. 

 Measurements (iu millimetres) : 



From eud of snout to vent . 



fore limb 

 Length of head 

 AVidth of head 

 Depth of head 

 Fore limb . 

 Hind limb . 

 Foot . 

 Tail . 



Particulars of Specimens Examined {types) 



6. 



115 



$ Khan Agaeh 



8. 9. 



1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 



103 60 16 31 11 28 20-18 20 5 



80 61 18 31 10 30 22-24 20 4 



95 64 16 32 10 35 22-23 20 4 



? Jerud 



This fine lizard, the giant of the genus Acanthodactyhis, was 

 discovered a few years ago iu Syria by M. Henri G-adeau de Kerville, 

 who obtained several specimens at Jerud and Ataibe, east of 

 Damascus, and near Khan Agach, between Damascus and Kutaife. 



7. GASTROPHOLIS. 



Gastropholis, J. G. Fischer, Abh. Nat. Ver. Hamb. ix, 1886, i, p. 1 ; 

 Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 7 (1887). 



Head-shields norma]. Nostril pierced between the 

 nasal and a postnasal.* Lower eyelid scaly. Collar well 

 marked. Dorsal scales small, juxtaposed ; ventral plates 

 obtusely j^oii^ted, imbricate, keeled. Digits subcylin- 

 drical, with smooth scales inferiorly. Femoral pores. 

 Tail long, cylindrical. 



East Africa. 



Apart from the keeled ventral plates this genus shows the characters 

 of Nucras, but it is equally related to Lacerta, as the form and lepi- 

 dosis have more in common with L. echinata than with any other 



* This statement has been challenged by Tornier, who appeals to a photo- 

 gi-aphic figvire g-iven by him to show that I must have been mistaken. This 

 figure is, however, so blui-red that it fails to establish his point. I can make 

 no correction to my original definition of the genias. 



