78 LACERTID.E. 
large supratemporals bordering the parietal; tympanic shield very 
large, opercle-like. No gular fold; collar usually distinguishable. 
Dorsal scales small, as large as or slightly larger than the laterals ; 
52 to 64 scales round the middle of the body, ventrals included. 
Ventrals in six longitudinal series. A large postero-median preanal 
plate. The hind limb reaches the ear, or between the latter and the 
eye. 13to16 femoral pores on each side. Tail about twice as long 
as head and body ; caudal scales very large. Brown or greyish above, 
with small black spots which may form a network on the sides; 
usually one or two pale longitudinal streaks on each side; lower 
surfaces white. 
millim. millim, 
Total length ...... 207 From end of snout 
LOA oi tecs gee niersnd Ps 15 to vent ........ 65 
Width of head .... 10 Fore limb........ 23 
From end of snout Hind limb........ 42 
to forelimb .... 24 Dat: ieraucelianeratice 142 
Northern India. 
a-c. 3 & her. Cutch. F, Stoliczka, Esq. a 
d. 3g. Ajmere. W. T. Blanford, Esq. pt 
ef. d. Karharbari, Bengal. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 
13. ICHNOTROPIS. 
Tropidosaura, part., Dum. & Bibr. v. p. 163. 
Algira, part., Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 35. 
Ichnotropis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 617, and Reise n. 
Mossamb. iii. p. 45; Strauch, Mél. Biol. Ac. St. Pétersb. vi. 1867, 
p. 408 ; Lataste, Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) ii. 1885, p. 125. 
Eremias, part., Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1866, p. 888. : 
Head-shields normal. Nostril pierced between three nasals. 
Lower eyelid scaly. No trace of a collar, save a curved fold on the 
side of the neck. Dorsal scales large, strongly imbricate, strongly 
keeled; ventral shields strongly imbricate, smooth. Digits sub- 
cylindrical, with sharply keeled, spinose lamelle inferiorly. Femoral 
pores. Tail cylindrical. 
Africa south of the equator. 
1. Ichnotropis capensis. 
Algira capensis, Gray, Cat. p. 36. 
dumerilii, Gray, 1. c. 
Algyra capensis, Smith, Mag. N. H. ii. 1838, p. 94. 
Tropidosaura capensis, Dum, § Bibr. p. 171; Bianconi, Spec. Zool, 
Mosamb. p. 61. , 
dumerilii, Smith, Ill. S. Afr., Rept., App. p. 7. 
Ichnotropis macrolepidota, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1854, p. 617, and 
Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 46, pl. viii. fig. 1. 
dumerilii, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. i. 1866, p. 43. 
bivittata (Bocage), Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. p. 48. 
