16. opHtomoRvs. 397 
millim, 
Total length...... 130 Fore limb ........ a 
Head ccccesvveas 7 Hind limb ........ 5 
Width of head .... 45 Pal ieconieie ascents . 70 
Body .cacwa vanes s 538 
A larger specimen, with broken tail, measures 84 millim. from 
snout to vent. 
Western Persia. 
a-b, Ad. & hgr. Kurdistan. Vienna Museum [E.]. (As 
: Heteropodium kotschyanum.) 
5. Ophiomorus punctatissimus. 
Ophiomorus miliaris, Gray, Cat. p. 121. 
Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 822. \ 
Anguis punctatissimus, Bir. & Bory de St. Vine. Expéd. Sc. Morée, 
pt. p. 71, pl. xi. fig. 5; Gerv. Ann. Se. Nat. (2) vi. 1836, p. 310 (?). 
Ophiomorus miliaris *, Dum. § Bibr. v. p. 799; Bonap. Faun. Ital. ; 
Strauch, Erp. Alg. p. 46(?); Schreib. Erp. Eur. p. 838, 
Snout conical, obtuse, the rostral projecting beyond the lip. 
Nostril nearer the rostral than the anterior loreal; two loreals, an- 
terior in contact with the second, or first and second labials ; fronto- 
nasal moderate, not half as long as the frontal, which is as broad as 
or a little broader than long; prefrontals small, widely separated, 
as large as the anterior supraocular; four supraoculars, anterior 
largest and descending to the supraciliary edge ; two supraciliaries, 
anterior largest, behind the anterior supraocular ; interparietal a 
little broader than long, and nearly as long as the frontal ; fronto- 
parietals as large as or a little larger than the prefrontals ; parietals 
band-like, narrow ; two or three pairs of nuchals, anterior in contact 
with the interparietal; fourth upper labial below the eye. Ear 
hidden or slightly distinguishable. Two azygos postmentals. Body 
anguiform, limbless. 18 scales round the body, the dorsals largest. 
Two enlarged preanals. Tail nearly as long as head and body. 
Cream-coloured, brownish on the head and sides, which are besides 
crowded with brown spots; the four median series of dorsal scales 
with a minute brown dot, or unspotted ; each ventral scale with a 
large brown dot. 
millim. millim. 
Head ise iearccs wee 8 From end of snout to 
Width of head .... 5 Vent esse ss cece 78 
Ball, oc sistas sada 67 
Greece ; Asia Minor; Algeria (2). 
a, Ad. Greece. Prof. Duméril [P.]. (One 
: of the types.) 
b-e. Ad., hgr., & yg. Xanthus. Sir C. Fellows [P.]. 
* Anguis miliaris, Pallas, = Eryx jaculus, L. 
