90 LACERTID.E. 
than long; in twelve longitudinal series, the median and outer 
pairs narrowest, longer than broad; 33 to 36 transverse series. 
A large preanal plate, bordered by two or three semicircles of 
smaller ones. The hind limb reaches the axilla or the shoulder 
in the female, between the shoulder and the ear in the male ; 
foot as long as the distance between the arm and the anterior 
border of the orbit or the centre of the eye; one series of large, 
and one or two of small, subtibial plates. 13 to 17 femoral pores. 
Tail once and half to once and two thirds the length of head and 
body ; upper caudal scales feebly keeled, lower smooth. Pale grey 
above, uniform or with scattered round darker spots, which usually 
form a regular series on each side of the tail; lower surfaces white. 
dg. g. 
millim. millim. 
Total length . oniccaet ws wewe ee ews —_* 112 
Head, svi tae severest eee ea eH 14 10 
Width of head ..............000. 10 7 
From end of snout to fore limb...... 22 16 
From end of snout to vent.......... 53 45 
Fore limb acaeenskiertesiasdgeuss 21 16 
Hind Wm bi sida eise yh eeeredee weed 34 24 
Dee ridin tei leca cote al crantanly eae wipers — 67 
Egypt, Sinaitie peninsula. 
a-d. & her. Egypt. Sir J. Wilkinson [P.]. 
Pp oe (Types of Scapteira ‘oaben 
e. 9. Near Cairo. Dr. Anderson [P.]. 
f. Her. N. Africa. Berlin Museum. 
(Type of Mesalina lichtensteinti.) 
gs Sinaitic Peninsula. H. C. Hart, Esq. [C.]. 
we, ad 2. Mt. Sinai. 
9. Eremias suborbitalis t. 
Eremias suborbitalis, Peters, Gfvers. Vet. Ak. Forh. 1869, p. 658. 
Snout rather pointed. Nasals strongly swollen; frontonasal in 
contact with the rostral ; two prefrontals ; frontal grooved anteriorly ; 
three large supraoculars, second and third separated from the supra- 
ciliaries by a series of granules ; interparietal rhomboidal ; no occi- 
pital ; temporal scales granular, smooth ; two large auricular lobules ; 
lower eyelid entirely granular; subocular not reaching the lip, 
resting on the fifth, sixth, and seventh upper labials; the three 
anterior pairs of chin-shields in contact. No gular fold; collar 
straight, entirely free. Dorsal scales round, convex, smooth, 
juxtaposed, 70 across the middle of the body. Ventral plates in 
straight longitudinal and slightly angular transverse series, a 
little broader than long; 12 longitudinal and 33 transverse series. 
Two slightly enlarged azygos preanals. The adpressed hind 
* Tail lost. : 
t Described from the type specimen (6150) in the Berlin Museum. 
