14. EREMIAS, 105 
Var. saturata. 
Eremias yarkandensis, var. saturata, Blanf. ll. cc. fig. 4. 
Differs from the type in the subocular not reaching the lip, and 
in darker colour; neither character, however, is quite constant. 
Valleys of the Kuenluen Range, South of Yarkand. 
22. Eremias quadrifrons. 
Podarces (Eremias) quadrifrons, Strauch, Voy. Przewalski, Rept. 
p- 34, pl. iv. fig. 2. ‘ 
Nasals not swollen, lower divided and forming a suture with the 
rostral; frontonasal separated from the rostral ; four preefrontals, 
outer narrow, band-like, wedged in between the frontonasal, the 
normal preefrontals, and the loreals ; two large, and a small posterior 
third, supraoculars; a series of granules between the supraoculars 
and the supraciliaries and two in front of the anterior supraocular ; 
interparietal small; no occipital ; lower eyelid opaque; subocular 
not reaching the lip; lower nasals in contact with three labials ; 
the three anterior pairs of chin-shields in contact. 37 or 38 gular 
scales on a line from the collar to the suture between the anterior 
gular scales*; collar curved, perfectly free, with ten plates. Dorsal 
scales granular,smooth. Ventral plates in 32 transverse, and 14 or 
16 oblique longitudinal series. An outer series of large transverse 
tibial shields. 13 femoral pores. Tail about once and one third 
the length of head and body. Olive-grey above; head irregularly 
spotted with black; a light streak along each side of the back, 
bordered internally by an interrupted black streak, externally by a 
series of black ocelli with bluish-white centre. Total length 138 
millim. ; tail 38. 
Alashan Desert. 
23. Eremias przewalskii +. 
Podarces (Eremias) kessleri, Strauch, Voy. Przewalski, Rept. p. 36, 
1. ve 
—— (——) brachydactyla, Strauch, 1. c. p. 41, pl. vi. 
—— (——) przewalskii, Strauch, J. ¢, p. 43, pl. vil. 
Head moderate; snout obtuse. Nasals scarcely swollen, the 
lower sometimes divided, not reaching the rostral; fronto-nasal 
separated from the rostral ; two prefrontals ; frontal feebly grooved 
anteriorly; a small supraocular in front of and another behind 
the two large ones, the anterior sometimes broken up into small 
scales or granules; the distance from the loreal to the first prin- 
cipal supraocular is less than the length of the latter shield; 
the supracculars in contact with the frontal ; interparietal small ; 
* According to a communication from Dr. Strauch, q 
+ Complying with a request from Dr. Strauch, I have adopted for this 
species the name which recalls its discoverer. 
