252 Lacertidm. 



Eremias striata, Bouleiig. Ann. Mus. G-enova (2) xvii, 1896, p. 18, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1896,. p. 927, fig., and Jouru. Zool. Ees. iii, 1918, 

 p. 4. 



Head and body strongly depressed. Head If to If times as long 

 as broad, its length 3f to 4 times in length to vent, its depth equal to 

 the distance between the centre of the eye and the tympanum ; snout 

 pointed, a little longer than tlie postocular part of the head, nasals 

 not or but feebly swollen, canthus sharp, loreal region feebly concave ; 

 a rather feeble concavity on the upper surface of the snout, extending 

 along the frontal shield. Pileus 2 to 2| times as long as broad. Neck 

 a little narrower than the head. Hind limb reaching the eye or 

 between the eye and the nostril ; foot IJ to If times as long as the 

 head ; toes slender, strongly compressed. Tail 2f to 3 times as long 

 as head and body. 



Upper head-shields flat, striated, more coarsely than in E. hrenneri. 

 Nasals in contact behind the rostral, the suture between them J to f the 

 length of the frontonasal, which is as long as broad or a little broader 

 than long ; prefrontals a little longer than broad, forming a suture in 

 the middle ; frontal shorter than its distance from the end of the 

 snout. If to Ij times as long as broad, narrow behind, separated fi'om 

 the supraoculars by a series of small scales ; parietals as long as broad 

 or broader than long, not longer than the frontoparietals ; interparietal 

 small but much larger than the occipital, from which it is often 

 separated by a small shield. Three supraoculars, in contact with each 

 other, first as long as or a little shorter than second ; 6 or 6 super- 

 oiliaries, first longest, separated from the second and third supraoculars 

 by a series of small scales. Four nasals, two upper and two lower ; 

 anterior loreal li to 2 times as long as deep, shorter than the second ; 

 6 or 6* upper labials anterior to the centre of the eye, the two first in 

 contact with the lower nasals ; subocular keeled below the eye, much 

 narrowed beneath and bordering the mouth. A.n elongate upper 

 temporal, followed by 2 or 3 small shields ; temporal scales granular, 

 obtusely keeled ; a narrow tympanic shield ; no auricular deuticulation. 

 Lower eyelid opaque, covered with small scales. 



4 pairs of chin-shields, the 3 anterior in contact in the middle.! 

 24 to 30 gular scales in a straight line between the symphysis of the 



* 4 in one of the specimens described by Peters. 



t Eremias hoelmeli is founded on a specimen which, in my opinion, represents 

 an individual anomaly in the pholidosis, as Stejneger himself has suggested. 

 The first lower labial meets its fellow behind the symphysial, having fused 

 with the first chin-shield, whilst the third chin-shield has also fused with the 

 corresponding lower labial. 



