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14. Acanthodactylus viicropJioUs. 



A. squamis dorsalibus carinatis, parvis, aiitice et ad latera minimis ; 

 scutis ventralibus in. series longitudiuales 10, extremis an- 

 gustioribus ordinatis ; poris femoralibus utrinque circiter 25 ; 

 digit-is breviter fimbriatis ; scnto infraorbitali plernmque ad labrum 

 pertinente : supernc griseus vel fuscus, longitudinaliter albo 

 striatus, membris albo maculatis : caeterum A. Cantoris similis. 



Bab. in Gedrosia (Balucliistd,n). 



This is distinguislied from^. Cantoris awd, a fortiori, from 

 A. Boskianus bj its much smaller scales on the back, by the 

 granular scales, resembling those of an Eremias, on the back 

 of the neck, by tlie infraorbital shield resting on two supra- 

 labials instead of three or four and generally reacliing the 

 lip, by being always striped even in old specimens, &c. 

 Several specimens were procured. 



Family ScincidaB. 



15. Ahlejyharus j^usillus. 

 A. parvus gracilis, cauda corporis longitudinem fere duplam requantc ; 

 scuto rostrali mediocri, nasalibus postfrontalibusque discretis, 

 supraciliaribus tribus anteriore maximo, prseoccipitali (sen fronto- 

 parietaH) unico, interoccipitali mediocri ; palpebris omnino absen- 

 tibus, anniilo circumorbitali e squamis parvulis composite ; meatu 

 auditorio parvo, hand denticulato ; squamis 20 circum medium 

 corpus, circiter 26 inter axillam et inguinem. 



Hah. ad Basrah, ad ripas fluminis Shat el Arab (Tigridis 

 cum Euphrate juncti). 



Two specimens obtained. It diiFers from Ablejjharus 

 Brandtt, Strauch {? A. agilis, Stoliczka), in the smaller 

 number of scales between the axils, which are tifty in that 

 species. 



Zygnopsis, gen. nov. 



Genus affine Ophiomori, naribus inter duo scuta, alium supra, alium 

 infra, supranasalibus contiguis, sed membris quatuor debilibua 

 proeditum. 



16. Zygnopsis hrevipes. 



Z. corpora elongate, pedibus brevibus, anticis digitis 4, posticis 3 

 instructis, capite conico, rostro rotundato ; scuto verticali magiio, 

 postice latiore, ad latera emarginato ; occipitali magno, margino 

 anteriore concava, postica valdc convexa ; praeoccipitalibus nuUis ; 

 postoccipitalibus miuoribus, obli(iue elongatis ; oculis parvis, palpe- 



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