EREMIAS ANNULIFERA.— Smith. 



Reptilia.— Plate XLVII. Fig. 1. 



E. supeme viridi-grisea, dorso seriebus quatuor macularum aut annulorum nigro-bmnneorum variegatis ; 



dorso squamis parvis quadrangularibus in lineis transversis dispositis ; scutis ventralibus in ordine 



transverso decim ; poris fcmoralibus qvtatnordecim. 

 Longitudo e nasi apice ad anum 1 unc. 9 lin. ; caudse 3 unc. 6 lin. 



Colour. — The upper parts of the head, the back, the sides, and the ex- 

 tremities, intermediate between bluish grey and greenish grey, the back 

 being variegated with four rows of small, somewhat circular, liver-brown 

 spots. Some of the spots of the lowermost row of each side have their centre 

 white, or, in other words, they resemble dark rings, and some of those of 

 the upper rows have a clear white spot immediately under their lower edge. 

 Tail superiorly intermediate between bluish grey and oil-green. The under 

 surface of the neck, the belly, and the under parts of the tail pale greenish 

 grey. 



Form, &c. — Figure delicate. Tail long, slender, and very delicate towards 

 the point. Head small and rather narrow, its sides, anterior to eyes, vertical ; 

 nose narrow and slightly rounded. Nasal plates contiguous ; naso-rostral large 

 and sub-rhomboidal, the angles rounded ; fronto-nasal contiguous, the sides, 

 where they join, short; frontal plate rather short, narrow behind, widened 

 before, its anterior edge semicircular ; fronto-parietal plates narrow, six-sided, 

 and with an indistinct angle about midway between the anterior and posterior 

 extremities ; inter-parietal plate large, rhomboidal ; parietal plates large and 

 subovate ; occipital plate small, and situated close to the hinder extremity of 

 the inter-parietal plate. Palpebral plates transversely ovate, and almost com- 

 pletely surrounded with small granular scales, only a few wanting at the inner 

 extremity of the posterior plate (Vide Plate XLVIII. figs. 14 and 14 a.) 

 Nostril prominent, each formed of three scales; freno-nasal plate small, 

 somewhat quadrangular ; freno-ocular large, somewhat triangular, and trun- 

 cated anteriorly ; anteocular plates small. Scales of upper lip, anterior to 



