384 SCINCID.E. 
Lacerta rufescens, part., Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 285. 
Scincus pavimentatus, Geoff. 1. c. p. 138, pl. iv. fig. 4. 
— cepedii, Merr. Tent. p. 71. ; 
—— cyprius, Cur. R. A. 2nd ed. ii. p. 62. 
Tiliqua cyprinus, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 68. , 
Eumeces pavimentatus, Wregm, Herp. Mex. p. 386; Peters, Mon. 
Berl. Ac. 1864, p. 48; Blanf. Zool, E. Persia, p. 387; Kessler, 
Tr. St. Petersb. Nat. Soc. viii. 1878, Suppl. p. 177; Boettg. Ber. 
Senckenb. Ges. 1880-1881, p. 183. 
Plestiodon aldrovandii, part., Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 701. 
Euprepis princeps, Eichw. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose, ii. 1889, p. 303, and 
aun. Casp.-Caue. p. 93, pl. xvi. figs. 1-3. 
Mabouia aurata, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 82. 
Plestiodon aldrovandii, De Fil. Viag. Pers. p. 354. 
Eumeces pavimentatus, var. syriaca, Boetty. Abh. Senckenb. Ges. xiii. 
1883, p. 120. 
Head moderate ; snout short, obtuse. Nasal rather large, usually 
divided, in contact with the two anterior upper labials; no post- 
nasal; five supraoculars, the three anterior in contact with the 
frontal; parietals entirely separated by the interparietal ; four or 
five pairs of nuchals; ear-opening rather large, with four or five 
long pointed lobules anteriorly ; two azygos postmentals. 22 to 28 
scales round the middle of the body, perfectly smooth, the laterals 
smallest, those of the two median dorsal series very broad and larger 
than the ventrals. The length of the hind limb is contained twice 
and a half to three times in the length from snout to vent; when 
pressed against the body the limbs just meet or fail to meet. A 
series of transversely enlarged subcaudals. Olive-grey or brownish 
above, uniform or with irregular golden-yellow spots or longitudinal 
streaks; a yellowish lateral streak, extending from below the eye 
to the hind limb, is constant; lower surfaces yellowish white. 
niillim. millim. 
Total length ...... 365 Fore limb ........ 40 
Head oo a isa cietincs 30 Hind limb........ 56 
Width of head .... 24 ALD, <a sheet apiece 205 
Body. see cea e's 130 
Tunis, Egypt, Syria, Armenia, Persia, Baluchistan. 
a. Ad. Dead Sea. Canon Tristram [C.]. 
b, Ad. Jerusalem. 
ce. Ad. Kirind, Persia. K. Loftus, Esq. [P.]. 
d-f. Ad. & hgr. Near Niriz, east of Shiraz, W.T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 
g. Ad. Helmand. Dr. Aitchison [C.]. 
(Afghan Boundary Comm.) 
h, Ad. Shoré Kalegar. Dr. Aitchison [C.]. 
(Afghan Boundary Comm.) 
tk. Ad. * —?P 
@, Skeleton. —? 
30. Eumeces algeriensis. 
Plestiodon auratus, part., Gray, Cat. p. 91. 
Scincus cyprius (non Cuv.), Gerv. Ann. Sci. Nat. (2) vi. 1836, p. 809. 
