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THE CRUISE OF THE 'CUBAQOA: 



PLATE XXII. Fig. A. 



EREMJAS BRENUHLEYL 



Tlie supranasals meet, separating the prtefrontals from the 

 rostral ; prsefrontals not confluent ; a t^inall azygos sliield between 

 the post froutals. Six upper labials in front of the iufraocular, 

 which forms a part of the free margin of the lip. The sixth 

 labial, only about half the size of the infraocular. Eyelid 

 entirely scaly. Collar formed by eight scales subequal in size. 

 Ventral scutes forming 31 transverse and 12 longitudinal series. 

 Pr^anal region covered with small scales. Fore-limb reaching 

 nearly the extremity of the sn<nit when stretched fonvards ; hind- 

 limb extending to the axil of the fore-limb. Upper parts brownish 

 olive, with an indistinct series of liglit-coloiired ocelli on each side 

 of the back ; a well-defined whitish band commences behind the 

 eye, passes through the tympanum and runs along each side of the 

 body to the axil of the hind-leg. Hinder side of the tliighs with 

 a few whitish ocelli on a black groimd. 



A single adult female was obtained in a district of Mongolia, 

 called ' the Land of Grass.' 



