14. EREMIAS. 93 
12. Eremias pulchella. 
Eremias pulchella, Gray, Cat. p. 42. : 
Eremias annulifera, Smith, Ill. S. Afr., Rept. pl. xlvii. fig. 1, and 
pl. lviii. fig. 14 (Oct. 1845). 
—— pulchra, Smith, 1. c. figs. 2, 12. 
ormosa, Smith, 1. c. figs. 3, 15. 
Head moderate; snout rather obtuse. Head-shields rather rugose 
in the adult, Nasals swollen; frontonasal separated from the 
rostral (abnormally a small azygos shield may be present between 
the nasals); two prefrontals, sometimes a small azygos shield between; 
frontal grooved anteriorly ; two large supraoculars, bordered ante- 
riorly, posteriorly, and externally with granules; four or five small 
scales or granules on a line from the loreal to the anterior supra- 
ocular, the length of which is less than its distance from the loreal ; 
two or three series of granules between the supraoculars and the 
supraciliaries ; interparietal pentagonal, longer than the\ suture 
between the frontoparietals, in contact with a trapezoid occipital ; 
temporal scales granular, smooth or obtusely keeled ; anterior border 
of ear subdenticulated ; lower eyelid with a large transparent disk 
formed of two scales ; subocular bordering the lip, normally between 
the fifth and sixth upper labials; the two anterior pairs of chin- 
shields in contact. Collar straight, perfectly free, with 11 to 
15 plates. Dorsal scales granular anteriorly, gradually larger, 
rhomboidal, subimbricate, and more or less distinctly keeled poste- 
riorly; 55 to 75 scales across the middle of the body. Ventral 
plates in straight longitudinal and slightly angular transverse 
. series; in twelve longitudinal series; the plates of the median 
and outer series longer than broad, the others as broad as long, 
or a little broader than long; 31 to 36 transverse series. Pra- 
anal plates subequal, irregular. The adpressed hind limb reaches 
the ear, or between the latter and the eye; the length of the foot 
equals the distance between the arm and the anterior border of the 
orbit or the nostril; a series of very large subtibial shields, and one 
of smaller ones ; scales on upper surface of tibia larger than dorsals, 
rhomboidal, imbricate, keeled; scales on upper surface of humerus 
larger than gulars, rhomboidal, strongly imbricate, obtusely keeled. 
13 to 16 femoral pores. Tail twice, or less than twice, as long 
as head and body; upper caudal scales strongly keeled; basal 
subcaudals smooth or obtusely keeled. Greyish or brownish above, 
usually with black and white or blue ocelli on the back and limbs ; 
sometimes a black, light-edged band along each side of the back ; 
lower surfaces whitish. 
3. é- 
noillim, . millim. 
Total length ...... 143 From end of snout 
Head «5 ects ee 14 to vent ........ 58 
Width of head .... 10 Fore limb ........ 23 
From end of snout Hind limb........ 42 
to forelimb .... 24 Tail (reproduced) .. 85 
South Africa. 
