9. ABLEPHARUS. 353 
others together ; four small supraciliaries ; four labials anterior to 
the subocular. ar-opening distinct. 24 scales round the body. 
Bronzy above, finely dotted with black; four black streaks along 
the back ; sometimes two white, black-edged lines along each side. 
nillim. millim. 
Total length...... 85 Hind limb ........ 11 
Head .......... 7 Daisy siete vhs 48 
Fore limb........ 8 
Cabinda, West Africa. 
11. Ablepharus bivittatus. 
Ablepharus bivittatus, Gray, Cat. p. 64. 
Scincus bivittatus, Ménétr. Catal. Rais. p. 64. 
Ablepharus menestriesii, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 811. 
bivittatus, Strauch, Mél. Biol. Ac. St. Pétersb. vi. 1868, p. 568, 
and Bull. xi. p. 366; Blanf. Zool. E. Persia, p. 390, pl. xxvii. 
fig. 2; Boettg. in Radde, Faun. Flor. Casp.-Geb. p. 57. 
Snout short, obtuse, rostral not projecting. Eye entirely 
surrounded by a circle of granules or small scales, of which the 
three on the upper border are the largest. JRostral largely in contact 
with the frontonasal; prefrontals forming a median suture which 
nearly equals the length of the frontonasal; frontal large, as long 
as the frontoparietals and interparietal together, in contact with the 
first and second supraoculars ; frontoparietals and interparietal 
distinct ; three (or four) supraoculars, first largest ; five supra- 
ciliaries, first largest; two or three pairs of nuchals; four labials 
anterior to the subocular; ear-opening small, suboval, with two 
minute projecting lobules anteriorly. 24 (or 22) scales round the 
body ; dorsals largest, laterals smallest. Two very large preanals. 
Limbs well developed, pentadactyle ; the adpressed limbs overlap, 
but the hind limb does not reach the axilla; digits obtusely keeled 
inferiorly. Tail a little longer than head and body. Bronzy olive 
above, with darker spots with a light central shaft; a dark band, 
edged with a whitish streak inferiorly, on each side, beginning from 
the nostril and passing through the eye; lower surfaces greenish 
white. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 93 Fore limb........ 12 
Head ...sceceeses 10 Hind limb ...... 16 
Width of head .... 6 DAL ee ivengin ane 52 
Bod yo eneiectns eve 31 
Northern Persia and Transcaucasia. 
a-b. Ad. Kushkizard, between Shiraz W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 
and Isfahan. a 
12. Ablepharus deserti. 
Ablepharus deserti, Strauch, Mél. Biol. Ac. St. Pétersb. vi. 1868, 
p. 564, and Bull, xii. p. 366. 
VoL. II. 2a 
