'252 Lacertidse. 



Eremias striata, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Grenova (2) xvii, 1896, p. 18, 

 Proc. Zool. Soo. 1890, p. 927, fig., and Jouru. Zool. Ees. iii, 1918, 

 }). 4. 



Head and body strongly depressed. Head 11 to If times as long- 

 as broad, its length 3-| to 4 times in length to vent, its depth equal to 

 the distance between the centre of the eye and the tympanum ; snout 

 pointed, a little longer than the postocular part of the head, nasals 

 not or l)ut feebly swollen, canthus sharp, loreal region feebly concave; 

 a rather feeble concavity on the upper surface of the snout, extending 

 along the frontal shield. Pileus 2 to 2| times as long as broad. Neck 

 a little narrower than the head. Hind limb reaching the eye or 

 between the eye and the nostril ; foot \h to 1| times as long as the 

 head ; toes slender, strongly compressed. Tail 2^ to 3 times as long 

 as head and body. 



Upper head-shields fiat, striated, more coarsely than in E. hrenneri. 



Nasals in contact liehiud the rostral, the suture betAveen them ^ to 4 the 



length of the frontonasal, which is as long as lu'oad or a little broader 



than long ; prefrontals a little longer than broad, forming a suture in 



the middle; frontal shorter than its distance from the end of the 



snout. If to If times as long as broad, narrow behind, separated from 



the supraoculars by a series of small scales ; parietals as loug as broad 



or broader than long, not longer than the frontoparietals ; interparietal 



small but much larger than the occipital, from which it is often 



sepai-ated by a small shield. Three supraoculars, in contact with each 



other, fii'st as long as or a little shorter than second ; 5 or 6 super- 



ciliaries, first longest, separated from the second and third supraoculars 



by a series of small scales. Four nasals, two upper and two lower ; 



anterior loreal 1^ to 2 times as loug as deep, shorter than the second ; 



5 or G* upper labials anterior to the centre of the eye, the two first in 



contact with the lower nasals ; subocular keeled below the eye, much 



narrowed beneath and bordering the mouth. An elongate upper 



temporal, followed by 2 or o small shields ; temporal scales granular, 



obtusely keeled ; a narrow tympanic shield ; no auricular denticulation. 



Lower eyelid opacjue, covered with small scales. 



4 pail's of chill-shields, the 3 anterior in contact in the middle.! 

 24 to 30 gular scales in a sti-aight line between the symphysis of the 



* •!• in one of tlie specimens described by Peters. 



t Eri'inlcni hdcltneli is founded on a. specimen which, in niy opinion, represents 

 an individual anomaly in the pliolidosis, as Stejneger liimself lias suggested. 

 The first lower labial meets its fellow behind the symphysial, having fused 

 with the first chin-shield, whilst the third .liiu-shield has also fused with the 

 Corresijonding lower labial. 



