12. opntors. 75 
3. Ophiops occidentalis. (Prarn IIT. fig. 2.) 
pee elegans (non Ménét.), Boetiger, in Kobelt, Reis. Alg. Tums, 
p. 467, 
Head moderate, feebly depressed. Upper head-shields smooth ; 
nostril lateral, pierced between an upper and a lower nasal, and fol- 
lowed by one or two postnasals; frontonasal single ; four supra- 
oculars, first and fourth small, all in contact with the supraciliaries ; 
occipital very small, widely separated from the interparietal, or 
absent ; subocular bordering the lip, between the fourth and fifth 
upper labials ; temporal scales small, smooth; two large supratem- 
porals, bordering the parietal; a very large, opercle-like tympanic 
shield. No gular fold; collar undistinguishable. Dorsal scales 
very large and sharply keeled, larger than the laterals, and but little 
if at all smaller than the caudals; 26 to 30 scales round the middle 
of the body, ventrals included. A more or less enlarged postero- 
median preanal plate. The hind limb reaches the ear, or halfway 
between the latter and the arm, in the male, the axilla or not quite 
so far in the female. 7 to 10 (usually 7 or 8) femoral pores on each 
side. Tail once and a half to twice as long a8 head and body. Olive 
or bronzy above, with black spots, and one or two light longitudinal 
streaks on each side; lower surfaces white. - 
3. 9. 
millim. millim, 
Total leno this oe sieges Sieg eeree we 142 110° 
CHCA ds tas ai pare Bred aee eels Ewa a 11 10 
Width of head ............... nae oS 7 
From end of snout to forelimb .... 17 16 
From end of snout to vent ........ 44 45 
Fore lim bie sider oe O05 He a 17 16 
Hanid Una yee tre wiedes eveerieen Cacti eeie 27 25 
Dat) scapes aeeewowdicacd davntn ale SERRE 98 65 
Algeria, Tunis, Tripoli. 
a 9. Porte de Fer, Algiers. M. F. Lataste [P.]. 
6 8. Youkous, Algeria. M. F. Lataste [P. ]. 
e 9. Haded) des Matmata, Tunis. M. F. Lataste [P. ]. 
d-e. 8. Susa, Tunis. Mr. Fraser | C.]. 
4. Ophiops elegans. 
Ophiops elegans, Gray, Cat. p. 44. 
macrodactylus, Gray, 1. ¢. 
Ophiops elegans, Ménétr. Cat. Rais. p.63; Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 259, 
pl. lili. fig. 1; Bichw. Faun. Casp.-Caue. p. 78, pl. xii. figs. 1-5; 
Berth. Abh. Ges. Gétting. 1840, p. 56; Anders. Proc. Zool. Soe. 
1872, p. 874; Schreib. Herp. Eur. p. 372; Blanf. Zool. E. Persia, 
p. 867; Boettg. Ber. Senckend. Ges. 1879-80, p. 174, and in Radde, 
Faun, Flor. Casp.-Gieb. p. 48. 
