36 59 10 31 8 30 13-12 24 4 

 Habitat. — Angola (Benguella and Mossamedes). 



18. EEEMIAS LINEO-OCELLATA. 



Eremias lineo-ocellata, Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gren. v, p. 314 (1839) ; 

 Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 41 (1845); A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Eept. 

 pi. xlviii, tig. 2, and pi. xlviii, fig. 10 (1845) ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, 

 p. 94 (1887) ; Eoux, Zool. Jahrb., Sjst. xxv, 1907, p. 426 ; Werner, 

 Jena. Denkschr. xvi, 1910, p. 384; Hewitt, Ann. Transv. Mus. ii, 1910, 

 p. 109 ; Bouleng. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. t, 1910, p. 477 ; Hewitt, Ann. 

 Transv. Mus. iii, 1911, p. 48 ; Sternf. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. v, 1911, 

 p. 405; Hewitt & Power, Tr. E. Soc. S. Afr. iii, 1918, p. 156; 

 Bouleng. Journ. Zool. Ees. iii, 1918, p. 6. 



Eremias undata (non A. Smith), Dum. & Bibr. t.c. p. 316 ; A. Smith, 

 op. cit. pi. xliv, fig. 1, and pi. xlviii, fig. 11 ; Methuen & Hewitt, Ann. 

 Transv. Mus. iv, 1914, p. 139, fig. 



Eremias pulchella, Gray, op. cit. p. 42 ■ Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 93; 

 Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1886-87, p. 146 ; Eoux, I.e. ; Werner, t.c. 

 p. 331 ; Sternf. I.e. ; Hewitt & Power, I.e. 



Eremias annulifera, A. Smith, op. cit. pi. xlvii, fig. 1, and pi. Iviii, 

 fig. 14. 



Eremias pulchra, A. Smith, I.e. figs. 2, 12. 



Eremias formosa, A. Smith, I.e. figs. 8, 15. 



Eremias lineo-ocellata, var. pulchella, Methuen & Hewitt, I.e. 



A very variable species, comparable to Acanthodactylus vulgaris in 

 the range of variation of the dorsal scales. 



The following description is based exclusively on specimens from 

 Sir Andrew Smith's Collection, types of the E. lineo-ocellata of 

 Dumeril and Bibron. 



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



long as broad, its length 3^ to 4 times in length to vent in males, 



4 to 41- times in females, its depth equal to the distance between the 



centre or the anterior corner of the eye and the tympanum ; snout 



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