EREMIAS KNOXII. 



of grove elevated ; interparietal plates rhomboidal, the two anterior sides 

 much the shortest ; parietal plates, five sided ; palpebral plates, two, with an 

 irregular scale immediately in front of them, behind they are edged with a 

 congeries of small scales, partly quadrangular, partly circular ; freno-nasal 

 very small and quadrangular ; freno-ocular much larger, quadrangular, and 

 widest behind ; ante-ocular plates two, the lowermost very small, the upper- 

 most ovate, and placed obliquely ; plates of upper lip nine, no part of it 

 formed by the suborbital plate ; those of lower lip seven, all very narrow ; meatus 

 auclitorius exterrms narrow, vertical, and with three small scales projecting 

 backwards from its anterior edge. Scales of back and upper parts of sides 

 small, subquadrangular, carinated, imbricate, and disposed in transverse 

 rows, each of which present a slight angle at the middle of the back ; scales 

 of lower parts of sides smooth ; scales of back and sides of tail carinated, 

 of under surface plain ; preanal scales seven, one forming the centre, and 

 six surrounding it in the form of a ring. The scales of the lower surface of 

 the neck are small, flat, somewhat ovate, and the largest are towards the 

 breast. Antepectoral fold formed of seven scales, the middle one the largest ; 

 ventral plates in transverse rows, twelve or fourteen in each, some small 

 scales between the last row and the preanal plates. Scales of fore legs 

 anteriorly large, subtriangular, and imbricate, externally small, imbricate, 

 and keeled ; under eyelids closely coated with minute granular scales. 

 Femoral pores ten or twelve, not very distinct. When the anterior extre- 

 mities are applied along the sides of the neck, the longest toe reaches to the 

 nostril, and when the hinder ones are applied along the sides, the longest 

 toe reaches to the opening of the ear. 



Length from point of nose to anus, 2 inches ; length of tail, 3£ inches. 

 Inhabits arid Karoo county, and is very common within the boundaries of the Cape Colony, 



