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iin. a. A. BorLBNGEn on some 



[Dec. 1, 



2. Eebmias beytheosticta. (Fig. 2.) 



Eremias erythrosticta, Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Grenova, (2) xii. 

 1891, p. 10, pi. i. fig. 2. . 



Kg. 2. 



Eremias erythrosticta. 



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 prsefrontal, 

 loreal, and anterior supraciliary, but usually separated from the 

 second supraocular by a series of granules, same aa surromid 

 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. Eight longitudinal series of ventral 

 plates, the six principal broader than long, the outer narrower, 

 but nevertheless very well developed ; 24 to 27 transverse series. 

 Prffianal 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. 



