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distance between the arm and the anterior border of the orbit 
digits subcylindrical, strongly keeled inferiorly, feebly fringed; a 
series of very large, and one or two of smaller, subtibial plates. 
15 to 21 femoral pores. Tail nearly twice as long as head and 
body; upper caudal scales keeled; basal subcaudals smooth or 
obtusely keeled. Young dark brown above, with five longitudinal 
white bands, as wide as the interspaces between them, the median 
bifurcating on the nape; series of small white spots along the 
dark bands; limbs with large round spots.’ These markings become 
indistinct or disappear in the adult, which are greyish or coppery 
brown above, with longitudinal series of irregular black spots, some- 
times forming a reticulation ; lower surfaces white. 
millim. ; millim. 
Total length...... 163 From end of snout 
Head: ie awe 18 to vent ........ 58 
Width of head.... 10 Fore limb ........ 20 
From end of snout to Hind limb ........ 37 
fore limb ...... 23 AU eisisvienstge act 'eie a 105 
South Africa. 
a 3. 8. Africa. Earl of Derby [P.]. 
b-d. 9 & hgr. S. Africa. 
e. Yg. 8. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 
3. Scapteira serripes *. 
Eremias serripes, Peters, Gfvers. Vet. Ak. Fork. 1869, p. 659. 
Snout long and pointed, loreal region concave. Nasals feebly 
swollen, lower not reaching the rostral ; frontonasal separated from 
the rostral; frontal grooved anteriorly ; three large supraoculars, 
first with a small shield on each side, the two others bordered 
externally with granules ; interparietal rhomboidal; no occipital ; 
no band-like supratemporal shield; temporal scales obtusely keeled ; 
anterior border of ear with two or three large projecting scales; 
subocular not reaching the lip, resting on the sixth, seventh, and 
eighth upper labials; the two or three anterior pairs of chin-shields 
in contact. Collar’ curved, perfectly free, with 9 or 10 plates. 
Dorsal scales granular and smooth on the nape and between the 
shoulders, larger, subimbricate, and obtusely keeled on the back. 
Ventral plates about as long as broad, subequal, in straight longi- 
tudinal series; 29 or 30 transverse series, the longest of which 
contains 18 plates. Two large preanals, posterior largest. The 
adpressed hind limb reaches the eye; foot as long as the distance 
between the arm and the nostril; digits compressed, keeled 
inferiorly, strongly fringed laterally; one series of very large 
* Described from two specimens in the Berlin Museum—the type (6151) 
from Damaraland, and one from‘Benguela (6475) sent by Bocage as S, reviculata. 
