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VJ. — Descriptions of neio Iteptilia and Amphibia from Persia 

 and Baluchistdn. By W. T. Blanfoed, F.E.S.* 



Lacertilia. 

 Family Lacertidae. 



9. Lacerta princeps. 



L. magua, fere sesquipedalis, dentibus palatalibus prsedita ; scutis 

 postnasalibus utrinque binis, prfefrontali unico, verticalis mar- 

 ginibus lateralibus parallelis, anteriore posterioreque in medio 

 prominentibus ; squamis temporalibus polygonalibus, antice majo- 

 ribus ; collari libero, denticulato ; squamis dorsalibiis rhomboideis, 

 cariuatis, in series transversas ordinatis, ventralibus in series 

 10 long-it 11 dinales, extremas valde angustiores, dispositis ; poris 

 femoralibus utrinque 14 : supra griseo-olivacea, subtus albida, 

 maculis 4-5 c^ruleis, nigro marginatis, longitudinaliter ordiuatis, 

 utrinque post axillam ornata. 



Hah. in Persia meridionali. 



Only a single specimen obtained. The form of the back- 

 scales resembles that in the small species Lacerta Fitzingeri 

 and its allies {Notopholis^ Gray, nee Wagler). 



10. Eremias persica. 



E. major, cauda elongata, corporis longitudinem dimidio vel plus 

 quam dimidio excedente, membris longioribus quam in peraffini 

 E. argiita Pall., pede anteriore ad rostrum attingente, posteriore 

 ultra humerum ; scuto infraoculari ad labrum pertinente ; supra- 

 labialibus cseteris 5-7 autice, 3-4 postice ; squamis caudalibus 

 caudae basin versus baud cariuatis : supra grisescenti-castanea, 

 nigro sparsim maculata, fascia lata nigra vel nigrescente, interdum 

 albo maculata vel iuterrupta utrinque ad latus ornata ; dorso in 

 aetate juniore albo nigroque longitudinaliter fasciato, lateribus 

 membrisque superne nigris, albo maculatis : caeterum E. argut(e 

 E. velocic^uQ Pall, similis. 



Hah. frequens in omnibus fere planitiebus Persicis, quce 

 altitudinem pedum 3000 supra mare superant. 



A fine species, distinguished from E. arguta, Pall, {=E. 

 variabilis), by its longer tail and limbs, and by the infraocular 

 shield extending to the lip. From E. velox, Pall., it may be 

 recognized by the caudal scales not being keeled. It is a 

 larger form than either, grooving to a length of between 9 and 

 10 inches, and somewhat differently coloured. 



* Continued from vol. xiii. p. 455. 



