302 Lacertldse. 



•20. BEEMIAS BUKCHELLI. 



Eremias hurchelli, Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. v, p. 303 (1839) ; G-ray, 

 Cat. Liz. p. 40 (1845) ; A. Smith, 111. Zool. S. Afr., Eept. pi. xlv, 

 fig. 1, and pi. xlviii, fig. 4; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 95 (1887); 

 Hewitt, Ann. Transv. Mus. ii, 1910, p. 110; Bouleng. Journ. Zool. 

 Ees. iii, 1918, p. 6. 



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

 as broad, its length 4 to 4i- times in length to vent, its depth equal 

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

 snout rather pointed, with the nasal shields feebly swollen, as long 

 as the postociilar part of the head, with sharp canthus and feebly 

 concave loreal region; no frontal concavity; cheeks rather swollen. 

 Pileus If to 2 times as long as broad. Nect as broad as the head. 

 Hind limb reaching the collar or between the collar and the ear in 

 males, the shoulder in females ; foot l-i- to If times as long as the 

 head; toes rather slender, feebly compressed. Tail 14 to 2 times as 

 long as head and body. 



Upper head-shields flat, smooth. Nasals forming a very short 

 suture behind the rostral ; frontonasal broader than long ; prefrontals 

 as long as broaJ, forming a very short suture, or separated by a 

 small azygos shield,* or separated by the frontonasal touching the 

 frontal t ; frontal shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 If times as long as broad, narrow behind, in contact along J to, f of 

 its lateral border with the large supraoculars ; parietals 1^ to 1-J- times 

 as long as broad ; interparietal as large as or a little larger than 

 the frontoparietals, in contact with the occipital, which is i to -j its 

 length and projects beyond the posterior border of the parietals. 

 Two supraoculars, the first as long as or a little shorter thau its 

 distance from the second loreal, the space in front of it filled by 

 7 to 13 small scales or granules ; 7 to 9 superciliaries, first not or 

 but little longer than the following, separated from the supraoculars 

 by a series of granules, or 2 series in front and 2 or 3 behind. Three 

 nasals, lower in contact with the rostral and the first upper labial, 

 posterior small and sometimes excluded from the nostril J; anterior 

 loreal as long as broad or a little longer than broad, shorter than 

 the second; 4 or 5, rarely 6, upper labials anterior to the subocular, 

 which is keeled below the eye and largely borders the mouth, its 

 lower border much shorter than the upper. Temporal scales 



* In the type specimen. 



t In one of the specimens from Andi-ew Smith's Collection. 



J In the type specimen. 



