924 ' MR. G, A. BOULENGER ON SOME [ Dee. 1, 
2. EREMIAS BRYTHROSTIOTA. (Fig. 2.) 
Eremias erythrosticta, Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xii. 
1891, p. 10, pl. i. fig. 2. 
Fig. 2. 
Head once and two-thirds to twice as long as broad. Upper 
head-shields smooth; frontonasal longer than broad; three large 
supraoculars, anterior smallest and in contact with the prefrontal, 
loreal, and anterior supraciliary, but usually separated from the 
second supraocular by a series of granules, same as surround 
the disk formed by the second and third of these shields; inter- 
parietal and occipital small, separated from each other by one, 
two, or three small shields ; an elongate shield on the outer border 
of the parietal; temporal scales granular, obtusely keeled ; sub- 
ocular not reaching the lip, above the sixth and seventh or 
seventh and eighth labials; the two or three anterior pairs of 
chin-shields in contact. Collar with 6 to 9 shields. Dorsal scales 
granular, round or hexagonal, juxtaposed, keeled, 53 to 60 across 
the middle of the body. Hight longitudinal series of ventral 
plates, the six principal broader than long, the outer narrower, 
but nevertheless very well developed ; 24 to 27 transverse series. 
Preanal region usually covered with several irregular shields 
disposed in pairs ; an enlarged median shield very seldom present. 
The hind limb reaches the eye, or halfway between the latter and 
the nostril ; foot as long as the distance between the arm and the 
end of the snout; crural scales feebly keeled. 15 to 20 femoral 
pores on each side, usually 17 to 19. Tail more than twice as 
long as head and body ; upper caudal scales very feebly keeled. 
