EREMIAS KNOXII. 



Reptilia. — Plate XLIII. Fig. 1. 



E. superne rufo-flava lineis longitudinalibus quatuor nigro-brunneis variegata ; lineis, maculi8 circularibus 

 subflavis 9ignatis ; palpebra inferiore squarais parvis tunicata ; scutis ventralibus duodecim aut 

 quatuordecim in ordine transversa. 



Longitudo e nasi apice ad basin caudae 2 unc ; caudce 3 J unc. 



Colour. — The head superiorly, the back, the upper parts of the sides, 

 and the upper and lateral parts of the tail intermediate, between honey 

 and ochre-yellow : — the head variegated with small liver-brown spots, and 

 the back and sides with four longitudinal liver-brown stripes, each of which 

 incloses, more or less completely, a series of small round lemon-yellow spots. 

 The two dorsal stripes commence at the occiput, and are gradually lost 

 a little beyond the base of the tail ; the others, one on each side, originate 

 immediately behind the outer angle of the eye, and towards their commence- 

 ment, consist of short longitudinal streaks, posteriorly they terminate at the 

 base of the hinder legs. In some specimens there exists in addition to these 

 lines, another on each side, but without any light coloured spots ; these 

 where they occur, extend simply from the fore to the hinder legs. The 

 extremities are light yellowish brown, with a greenish tinge, and are 

 superiorly and posteriorly variegated with small yellow spots, surrounded 

 by narrow liver-brown rings. Sides of head yellowish brown, finely speckled 

 with umber-brown. The under parts of neck, body, extremities, and tail, 

 yellowish white ; eyes deep orange red ; claws brownish red. 



Form, &c. — Body rather robust ; tail moderately long and very delicate at 

 the point. Head quadrangular and tapered to the snout, which is obtusely 

 pointed. Plates of the upper surface of the head uneven and rather rugose ; 

 nasal plates contiguous, naso-rostral plate anteriorly arched, posteriorly pro- 

 longed backwards between fronto-nasal plates, the latter separated from 

 each other by the intervention of an oblong quadrangular plate ; frontal 

 plate widest anteriorly and groved along the middle, the edge on each side 



