EREMIAS UNDATA.— Dum et Bib. 



Reptilia.— Plate XLIV. Fig. 1. 



E. superne rufo-flava, lineis quatuor Iungitudinalibus variegata, subtus flavo-alba ; portione ovale 



palpebra' inferioris subpellucida ; scutis ventralibus duodecim in ordine transversa. 

 Longitcdo e nasi apice ad basin caudoe 2 unc. ; caudee 3 unc. 



Colour. — The back and upper parts of sides intermediate between pale 

 buff-orange and ochre-yellow ; the upper surface of the head freely varie- 

 gated with small liver-brown spots, and the back with four longitudinal liver- 

 brown bands, one of the latter proceeds from the hinder extremity of each 

 eyebrow, and on the back, immediately between the hinder legs, they unite, and 

 either terminate at once or extend, as one, for a few lines along the upper sur- 

 face of the tail ; the other stripes commence one at each angle of the mouth, 

 pass along the side of the neck, immediately over the meatus auditorius externns, 

 and terminate at the base of the hinder leg. Towards the head these lines 

 are continuous, and variegated with small spots of the same colour as the 

 back, posteriorly, they are serrated or otherwise irregular. The extremities, 

 superiorly, are nearly of the same colour as the back, each variegated with an 

 interrupted zigzag or serrated line along its hinder aspect, in which lines 

 are observed several cream-yellow spots. Tail, superiorly, the same colour 

 as the back, or wine-yellow, and there are indications of a row of small dark 

 spots along its centre. The lower portions of the sides cream-yellow ; the 

 under surface of the neck, body, extremities, and tail, yellowish white. Toes 

 and claws, light sienna-yellow. 



Form, &c. — Body, moderately robust ; tail, slender, and tapered to a fine 

 point ; scales of the upper and lateral parts of neck, and of the back and 

 sides, small, subovate, closely set, and slightly convex ; scales of tail, quad- 

 rangular, and arranged in circles, those of the upper and lateral parts strongly 

 carinated. Head, small ; the snout, tapered, and almost pointed ; nasal, 

 fronto-nasal, and fronto-parietal plates, each contiguous with its fellow ; 

 naso-rostral plate, large, subtriangular, and from its base a slender point 

 projects between the nasal plates ; frontal plate narrow posteriorly, rather 



