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balfouri). Grey or greyish brown above, with two broad, liglit dorso- 

 lateral streaks bordered by darker or blackish streaks bearing numerous 

 white, black-edged ocelli ; these ocelli form, on each side, one dorsal 

 and two lateral series ; a whitish streak from below the eye, through 

 the middle of the tympanum, to tlie groin. 

 Measvireni_ents (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent . 



fore limb 

 Length of head 

 Width of head 

 Depth of head 

 Fore limb .... 



Hind 



Foot 

 Tail 



limb 



Var. SUSANA. 

 Eremias guttulata, var. susana, Bouleng. Journ. Zool. Res. iii, 1918, 



A male specimen from Susa, Tunisia, from the collection of Mr. 

 L. Fraser, agrees with the var. latastii in the small scales, 52 across 

 the middle of the body; but these are distinctly keeled from between 

 the shoulders, and even rather strongly towards the tail. 



Snout short, obtuse. Frontonasal" broader than long ; occipital as 

 broad as the interparietal, bai*ely half as long; anterior loival 1^ times 

 as long as deep. 26 gular scales in a straiglit line ; collar composed 

 of 9 plates, only the middle one attached. Ventral plates in 28 

 transverse series. 13 or 14 femoral pores. Hind limb reaching the 

 shoulder. 



Grey above, darker on the vertebral region, Avith numerous white, 

 finely black-edged ocellar spots, the largest forming a dorsolateral 

 series. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent . . . .40 



