EREMIAS BURCHELLII— Dum. et Bib. 



Reptilia.— Plate XLV. Fig. 1. 



E. superne flavo-brunnea, lineis longitudinalibus brunneis, irregularibus aut interruptis sex, notatis; scutis 

 nasalibus contiguis ; scuto parvo quadrangulari inter scuta fronto-nasalia ; dorsi squamis parvis 

 subcircularibus ; scutis ventralibus in ordine transverso quatuordecim ; poris femoralibus duodecini. 



Longitudo e nasi apice ad anum 2 unc. 3 lin ; caudas 4 unc. 9 lin. 



Colour.— The colour of the upper and lateral parts of the head, of the 

 sides of the neck, of the back, and of the upper surface of the tail, yellowish 

 brown, the colour of the tail lightest towards the point. The upper surface 

 of the head is variegated with small umber-brown dots, and the back and 

 sides with six longitudinal liver-brown stripes, not equally distinct in every 

 specimen, yet, nevertheless, their course, with a little care, is easily to be 

 traced in all, though, on a slight examination, an assemblage only of short 

 narrow stripes, varying from half a line to a line in length, appear to exist on 

 the back and upper parts of the sides. The two middle stripes, which extend 

 along the back from the hindhead to the base of the tail, are very slender, 

 and generally consist of a succession of short lines ; the uppermost lateral 

 stripe running along the sides is strongly marked, and variegated by having 

 imbedded in it a line of white or yellowish brown spots ; each of these lines is 

 continued for a short distance along the side of the tail, getting fainter and 

 fainter as it proceeds ; the lowermost line of the side is sometimes more dis- 

 tinct than the one above it, and separated from it by a stripe of rusty white ; 

 at other times, it is not separated by any light colour, but, instead of being 

 liver-brown, is brownish red, and speckled with small yellowish brown spots; 

 when it is a distinct liver-brown stripe it is marked, like the line above it, 

 with white spots. The outer surface of extremities brownish red, freckled 

 with small yellowish brown spots ; the upper surface of the tail towards the 

 base variegated with a row of small quadrangular liver-brown spots, largest 

 near their commencement. The under surface of the head, the body, the 

 tail, and the inner surface of the extremities, yellowish white. Eyes, dark 

 chestnut-brown. 



Form, &c— Body, moderately robust, slightly depressed, with the sides 

 bulging; head, viewed above, triangular, the nose slightly obtuse ; sides of 

 head, in front of eyes, nearly perpendicular ; temples convex and slightly 

 projecting; distance between eye and nose nearly as great as between eye 

 and ear opening. Nasal plates contiguous ; naso-rostral rhomboidal, the an- 



