194 W. T. Blanford— On the Reptilia and [No. 3, 



is said by its describer to have all the back scales granular, and to be 

 marked with angulate cross bands. 



11. Eremias Yarkandensis, sp. nov. 

 E. cceruleo-ocellata, Anderson, P. Z. S., 1872, p. 373, nee Dum. et Bib. 



E. gracilis, supra grisea vel olivacea, nigro-maculata, ocellis albidia 

 nigro marginatis utrinque ad dorsum in seriem longitudinalem dispositis ; 

 subtus albida ; scutis nasalibus haud tumidis,proefrontali unico, a rostrali 

 supranasalibus atque a verticali postfrontalibus longe disjuncto ; infra-or- 

 bitali ad labrum pertinente ; dentibus palatalibus mollis ; scutis ventralibus 

 in series longitudinales (potius obliquas) 14 — 16, et in transversas ad 30 

 dispositis ; poris femoralibus utrinque 9 — 14, squamis infradigitalibus vix 

 carinatis. Long. 6 poll., cauda 3.7. 



Hab. — Eastern Turkestan. 



This species was referred by Dr. Anderson to LJ. cceruleo-ocellata of 

 Durneril and Bibron, but it appears to me to differ in having the nasal 

 shields not swollen, the dorsal scales closer together, almost without inter- 

 vening granules, and, I think, in being more slender. JE. cosruleo-ocellata 

 has the tail scales keeled ; as a rule they are smooth in the basal portion 

 in LJ. YarJcandensis but the character is not constant. This species appears 

 more closely allied to E. multiocellata Giinther and may perhaps be 

 identical, but that form is described as having an azygos shield between 

 the postfrontals, an enlarged shield in the middle of the collar, and 18 rows 

 of scales across the belly. I scarcely think, too, that Dr. Giinther would 

 have omitted to mention the absence of tumidity in the nasal shields which 

 distinguishes JE. Yarlcandensis from other forms of the genus. 



11a. E. Yaekandensis, var. satttkata. 



E. Yarkandensis magis infuscata, scuto infra-orbit ali diviso, parte supe- 

 riori a labro discreto. 



Hab — Valleys of the Kuenluen range, south of Yarkand. 



This differs from the type in having the infra-orbital shield divided, and 

 in darker colour. Neither character, however, is quite constant, and there 

 is one dark specimen with the infra-orbital undivided, 



12. Eremias vermiculata, sp. nov. 



E. supra grisea, nigro-vermiculata, subtus albida, elongata, gracilis ; 

 dorso granulosa, scutis nasalibus tumidis, prcefrontali unico a rostrali supra- 

 nasalibus atque a verticali postfrontalibus longe disjuncto ; supra-orbitalibus 

 convexis, omnino squamis minimis rotundis circumdatis ; infra-orbitaM late 

 ad labrum pertinent e, dentibus palatalibus nullis ; scutis ventralibus in series 

 16 — 20 longitudinales (potius obliquas), atque 36—41 transversus disposi- 

 tis ; poris femoralibus utrinque 19—23 ; squamis infradigitalibus vix cari- 

 natis. Long. 7'4<poll., caudce 5'1. 



