13, EUMECEs. 385 
Plestiodon aldrovandii, part., Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 701. 
Eumeces pavimentatus, var. algeriensis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1864, 
p. 49; Boettg. Abh. Senckenb. Ges. xiii. 1883, p. 120. 
Plestiodon cyprium, Strauch, Erp. Alg.p.44. 
Eumeces pavimentatus, Boetig. Abh. Senckend. Ges. ix, 1873, p. 140. 
“Head large; cheeks swollen in the adult; snout short, obtuse. 
Nasal usually divided, in contact with the first upper labial only ; 
no postnasal; 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 three or 
four obtuse lobules anteriorly ; two azygos postmentals. 30 or 32 
scales round the middle of the body, the dorsals distinctly striated ; 
the two median longitudinal dorsal series of scales much broader 
than the others. The length of the hind limb is contained about 
thrice 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. Brown above, with orange-red spots, the 
largest of which sometimes form irregular transverse bands on the 
body ; lower surfaces yellowish white. 
millim. millim, 
Total length ...... 415 Fore limb ........ 55 
Mead, secese Suwon 40 Hind limb........ 65 
Width ofhead .... 34 eal tia ea esece vik 2 220 
BOY ici Soe ses see ga a 155 
Algeria, Morocco. 
a-c. Ad. N.W. Africa, Zoological Society. 
d,e. Ad., stuffed. N.W. Africa. 
31. Eumeces blythianus. 
Mabouia blythiana, Anders. Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1871, p. 186. 
Eumeces blythianus, Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 66. 
This species appears to be very closely allied to the two pre- 
ceding. It has 30 scales round the body, as in &. alyeriensis, and 
the auricular lobules are strong and the scales perfectly smooth, asin 
E. schneideri. It differs from both in the presence of a single post- 
mental, Olive-brown above; three dark brown longitudinal lines 
along the back, from the nape to the base of the tail; a broader 
dark brown band from the eye over the tympanum, along the side; 
a broad pale yellowish band below it from below the eye to the 
groin ; lower surfaces yellowish. 
millim, millim 
Total length ...... 240 Fore limb ........ 28 
Head ............ 15 Hind limb ...... 38 
Body? oss oad ven 75 Pah 3e-a5 sss a oe ove 150 
Amritzur, Punjab? 
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