336 Lacerticlte. 



V Kizil Kum, Aralo-Caspian Desert 



Particulars of Specimens Examined. 



2. 3. 1. 5. G. 7. 8. 9. 



„ „ „ . . 49 51 16 30 13 29 15 22 8-7 



„ Feizabad-Mondechi, E. Persia 



(type of E. nigrocellata) . . 66 61 18 32 10 29 13 21 7 



Habitat. — The types are from the Aralo-Caspian Desert, but this 

 species is also Icuowu to occur iu Transcaspia, Turkestan (near 

 L. Balkasli). and Northern and Eastern Persia (Astrabad, Seistau, 

 Feizabad-Mondechi). 



E. intermedia connects E. multiocellata with E. arguta. 



33. EREMIAS ARGUS. 



Eremias argus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1869, p. 61, pi. — , fig. 3; 

 Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wieu, Ixii, i, 1870, p. 336, pi. ii, figs. 1, 2; 

 Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 1U2 (1887) ; Boettg. Ber. Offenb. Ver. Nat. 

 1888, p. 63; Werner, Abh. Bayer. Ak. xxii, 1904, p. 354; Nikolsky, 

 Herp. Eoss. p. 167 (1905) ; Elpatjewsky & Sabanejev, Zool. Jalirb., 

 Syst. xxiv, 1906, p. 253 ; Stejneg. Herp. Japan, p. 248, figs. (1907) ; 

 Bedriaga, Wiss. Res. Przewalski Eeis., Auiph. Eept. p. 636 (1912) ; 

 Bouleng. Journ. Zool. Ees. iii, 1918, p. 8. 



Eremias hrencMeyi, Giiuth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) ix, 1872, p. 419, 

 and in Brenchley, " Curacoa," p. 306, pi. xxii, fig. a (1873) ; J. G. 

 Fischer, Jahrb. Hanib. Wiss. Aust. v, 1888, p. 46, pi. iv, fig. 9; 

 Mehely, in Zichy, Zool. Ergebn. 3. Asiat. Forschungsr. ii, p. 66 

 (1901 j ; Elpatjewsky & Sabanejev, t.c. p. 252; Bedriaga, op. cit. 

 p. 648. 



Podarces (Eremias) argxis, Strauch, Voy. Przewalski, Eept. p. 32 

 (1876). 



Podarces {Eremias) hrencMeyi, Strauch, op. cit. p. 30. 



Eremias argus, var. hrencMeyi, Boettg. I.e. ; Bouleng. Jouru. Zot)l. 

 Ees. iii, 1918, p. 10. 



Body feebly depressed. Head convex, not much broader than 

 deep, Ij to \h times as long as broad, its length 3^ to 4J times 



