Species of Reptiles and Fishes. 419 



Keptiles. 

 Eremias Brenchleyi. 



The sTipranasals meet, separatiiig the prsefrontals from the 

 rostral ; prfefroutals not confluent ; a small azygos shield be- 

 tween the postfrontals. Six upper labials in front of the 

 infraocular, 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 thirty-one transverse and twelve 

 longitudinal series. Praianal region covered with small scales. 

 Fore limb reaching nearly to the extremity of the snout when 

 stretched forwards ; hind limb extending to the axil of the fore 

 limb. Upj^er parts brownish olive, with an indistinct series of 

 light-coloured 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 lee;. Hinder side of the thighs with a few whitish 

 ocelli on a black ground. 



A single adult female was obtained in Mongolia. 



Eremias multioceUata. 



The supranasals meet, separating the single prsefrontal from 

 the rostral ; prefrontals confluent into a single shield ; a small 

 azygos shield between the postfrontals. Six upper labials in 

 front of the infraocular, the narrow lower corner of which 

 enters the free margin of the lip ; the sixth labial as large as the 

 infraocular. Eyelid entirely scaly. Collar formed by a central 

 larger and numerous smaller lateral shields. Ventral scutes 

 forming thirty transverse and eighteen longitudinal series. 

 Prseanal region covered with small scales. Fore limb reaching 

 nearly the extremity of the snout when stretched forwards ; 

 hind limb extending to the axil of the fore limb. Greenish 

 olive above, with numerous more or less perfect black rings 

 enclosing a lighter centve. A somewhat irregular, whitish, 

 black-edged band along each side of the body, from the eye to 

 the axil of the hind limb. 



A single specimen was obtained in the desert of Gobi, on the 

 route from Sume to the Tola river. 



Euprepes haplorkinus. 



This species would appear to represent a distinct generic 

 division ; but more than enough genera have been distinguished 

 by names in the Scincoid family, and I am unwilling to increase 

 their number without being fully convinced of the generic value 

 of the distinctive characters. 



