264 Lacertidx. 



side, tlie broadest, proceediay from the eye, separated from the h>\ver 

 by a white streak, aud from the upper (if present) by a white or light 

 streak, the dark streaks often bearing black and white spots or ocelli. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent . 



fore limb . 

 Length of head .... 

 Width of head .... 

 Depth of head .... 

 Fore limb ..... 

 Hind limb ..... 



Foot 



Tail 



Hahitat. — Sinaitic Peninsula, Red Sea Province of the Sudan, 

 Eritrea, Somaliland, Aden. The type, from Obok, was preserved 

 in the late Dr. Henry Martin's private collection, which, I believe, was 

 sold and dispersed after his death. 



Var. LATASTII. 



Eremias guitulata, var. latastii, Bouleng. Journ. Zool. Res. iii, 1918, 

 p. 9. 



M. Lataste collected a number of specimens at or near Aumale, in 

 the province of Algiers, which, whilst agreeing with the var. olivieri 

 in the shape of the snout and in the semitransparent palpebral disc, 

 composed of 4 to 6 pieces, differ in the averagely smaller scales, 47 to 

 62 across the middle of the body, and in tlie high number of femoral 

 pores, 14 to 17, exceptionally 12 or 18. They sliould be regarded as 

 a distinct vai'iety. 



Head It^ to If times as long as broad. Hind limb reaching the 

 collar or between the collar aud the car in males, the elbow or the 

 axil in females ; foot 1^ to 1^^ times as long as the head. Tail 1^ to 

 If times as long as head and body. 



Frontonasal broader than long ; frontal If to 2 times as long as 

 broad ; occipital usually small, often separated from the interparietal 

 by a small shield ; first supraocular usually in contact with the frontal, 

 often broken up into 2 to 4 pieces; sometimes 2 series of granules 

 between the third supi-aocular and the superciliaries ; anterior loreal 

 1^ to 2 times as long as deep, sometimes as long as the second ; 4 or 5 

 upper labials anterior to the subocular. Collar free or narrowly attached 

 in the middle. 



The coloration is identical with that of Socotra specimens (var. 



