REPTlLEci FROM THE RIVKR TAJAN. 15- 



6. Eremias (Mesalina) gutxulata Licbt. 



1 $ . Length of head and body 49 mm. 5 superciliaries. 

 Row of superciliary granules beginning behind the 7th super- 

 ciliary only. Occipital as large as the interparietal. 4 anterior 

 and 3 posterior supralabials. 7 infralabials. 22 gular scales in a 

 line between the suture of the chin-shields and the collar. Collar 

 free, consisting of 9 plates. '40 dorsal scales across the middle 

 •of the body. 28 transverse rows of ventral plates. 10 femoral 

 pores on each side. 



7. EUMECES SCHNEIDERI Daud. 



1 spec. Length of head and body 109 mm. ( J) and 63 mm. 

 (hgr.). 6 + 1+3 supralabials in the c^ , 5 + 1 + 2 only in the half- 

 grown specimen, the middle one being fused with the following 

 by forming a very lai-ge subocular. 8 infralabials. 4/5 or 5/6 

 nuchal plates. 25 or 26 dorsal and ventral scales round tlie 

 middle of the body. 68 scales in a line between the suture of 

 the dliin-shields and the anal plates. 



8. EuMECES scutatus Theob. 



3 spec. Length of head and body 122 mm. (cS), 124 and 

 116 mm. (both 2 )• Tli© liead-shields offer many anomalies. In 

 one 5 the right supranasal is divided ; the other $ has both 

 prsefrontals divided into two unequal parts, and two loreals on 

 the left side. In the c? the parietals form a long suture behind 

 the interparietal.- 4 to 6 superciliaiies. 4 or 5 + 1 + 3 supra- 

 labials, the last being very small, 7 infralabials. 3/4 or 4/4 

 nuchal plates. 21 dorsal and ventral scales I'ound the middle of 

 the body. 78 to 80 scales in a line between the suture of the 

 chin-shields and the anal plates. 



9. Mabuia septemt^niata Reuss. 



2 spec. Length of head and body 82 mm. ( c? ) and 90 mm. 

 ■( 5 ). Supranasals meeting in a point ( d) or separated ( $ ). 

 Prsefrontals separated from each other, the internasal forming a 

 short suture with the fi-ontal. 4 anterior and 2 posterior supiu- 

 labials. 8 infralabials. 34 or 35 dorsal and ventral scales round 

 the middle of the body. 70 or 71 scales in a line between the 

 suture of the chin-shields and the vent. 



10. YiPERA LEBETIXA L. 



1 spec* Length of head and body 520 mm. Tail incomplete. 

 10 supralabiils, 13/14 infralabials. 25 longitudinal rows of 

 dorsal scales. 121 ventral plates. 



* It was impossible to ascertain the sex of the snakes, the viscera having heea 

 removed. 



