Eremias. 



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is no difference in shape of the head between young specimens from 

 Pelcin, 35 millhn. hnig without the tail, referable to the two forms. 

 The second and more important chai'acter resides in the larger dorsal 

 scales, there being 39 to 46 across the middle of the body in 

 E. hrencMeyi, and 4(3 to (32 in E. argiis ; there is thus an overlap, 

 which would probably be greater if more specimens of the former 

 could be examined. In all other respects the two forms agree, the 

 further differences pointed out by J. Gr. Fischer being merely 

 individual. 



Apart from the character of the subocular, the var. hrenchleyi may- 

 be defined as combining a usually lower ninnber of scales aci'oss the 

 body, a somewhat flatter head with a more pointed snout, a usually 

 longer tail, and the presence of a dark latei-al band edged above by a 

 series of ocellar spots and below by an interrupted white streak. 



Habitat. — Mongolia and Northern China. 



