EREMIAS NAMAQUENSIS.— Dum et Bib. 



Reptilia.— Plate XLIV. Fig. 2. 



E. superne lineis nigro-brunneis quinque et rubro-aurantiis quatuor notata ; capite parvo antice gracile ; 

 squamis ventralibus in linea transversa duodecim ; cauda gracile longissima. 



Longitudo capitis corporis que 2 unc. ; caudre 5^ unc. 



Colour. — Back and upper parts of sides marked with nine narrow longitu- 

 dinal lines, five of which are liver-brown, and the other four light reddish 

 orange. Of the five, one extends along the middle of the hack, from the hind 

 head to the base of the tail, is bifid anteriorly, and has usually, within the 

 fork, a short rudimentary streak of the same colour, from two to three lines in 

 length ; the two lines on each side commence near to the hinder angle of the 

 eye, the lowermost, the widest, crosses the external ear, and both terminate 

 at the commencement of the tail. In adult specimens, generally, these lines 

 are finely freckled with light reddish orange. The light lines are narrower 

 than the dark ones, which lie immediately on each side of them. Below the 

 black lines the sides are an uniform cream-yellow ; the extremities superiorly 

 and posteriorly clove-brown, speckled with cream-yellow ; head, superiorly, 

 clove-brown, with a coppery gloss ; lips cream-yellow ; tail, above, light red- 

 dish orange, or wine-yellow. The under parts of the neck, body, extremities, 

 and tail, yellowish white. 



In young specimens the dark lines are without variegations, of a very deep 

 colour, and contrast strongly with the light ones, which are nearly white. 



Form, kc. — Figure slender ; tail very long, and extremely delicate towards 

 the point ; head, posteriorly, four-sided ; anteriorly, slender and subcylindri- 

 cal; the snout slightly obtuse ; nasal plates contiguous, naso-rostral six-sided, 

 anteriorly pointed ; fronto-nasal six-sided, and separated from each other by 

 a small five-sided plate, palpebral plates two, margined anteriorly, externally 

 and posteriorly, with small granular scales, interparietal plate five-sided, 

 broadest anteriorly, occipital plate four-sided, the hinder side the longest, 

 and slightly arched ; superior labial plates of left side, three in front of 



