370 LacertiSpe. 



Caudal scales narrow, feebly keeled, the dorsal granules extending 

 for some distance along the middle of the tail ; 56 scales in the fifth 

 whorl behind the postanal granules. 



Sand-coloured above, with a blackish network ; head with symme- 

 trical black markings. Lower parts white. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



From end of snout to vent . .35 



,, ,, ,, fore limb . . 15 



Length of head . . . . .10 



Width of head 6-5 



Depth of head . . . . .4*5 



Fore limb 14 



Hind limb 25 



Foot 13 



This species is known fruiu a single young specimen, from between 

 Nushki and the Helmand, Northern Baluchistan. 



10. SCAPTIRA PEESICA. 



ScapteAra persica, JNikolsky, Ann. Mus. Zool. St. Pctersb. iv, 1899, 

 p. 395, pi. X, fig. 



Form as in S. acutirostris, but hind limb reaching only tlie collar, 

 or between the collar and the ear, and parietals as long as broad. 

 Nasals swollen, lower not reaching the rostral. Frontal as long as its 

 distance from the end of the snout. Occipital very small or absent. 

 A small anterior supi-aocular, separated from the frontal and from the 

 large supi-aocular by a series of granules. Subocular not reaching the 

 mouth. 2 to 5 obtuse lobules on the anterior border of the ear. 

 Collar hardly curved, with 10 to 13 small plates. 



Scales granular, smooth. Ventral plates in 37 to 39 transverse 

 series, the longest containing 20 plates. No enlarged preanals. 

 17 or 18 femoral pores on each side. Upper caudal scales strongly 

 keeled. 



Bluish grey above, reticulated with black ; head rufous, spotted 

 with black ; lower parts white. 



Total length 165 millim. 



Habitat. — Tscharachs, Zirckuch district, Eastern Persia. 



This species is only known io me from Nikolsky's description, based 

 on 8 specimens preserv('(l in the Petrograd Museum. 



