Eremias. 303 



granular, smooth ; no tympanic shield ; no auricular denticulation. 

 Lower eyelid opaque or semitransparent, with 12 to 15 enlarged 

 scales, in two rows, in the middle. 



4 pairs of chin-shields, the first three in contact in the middle. 

 26 to 33 gular scales in a straiirht line between the symphysis of 

 the chin-shields and the median collar-plate; gular fold absent or 

 merely indicated. Collar straight, free, composed of 9 to 13 plates. 



Scales juxtaposed, granular, smooth, larger towards the ventrals, 

 65 to 75 scales across the middle of the body. Ventral plates in 14, 

 rarely 16,* straight or slightly irregular longitudinal and 29 to 

 35 more or less angular transverse series, as long as broad or a 

 little longer than broad, a few rarely a little broader than long. 

 Preaual region with small irregular plates. 



Scales on upper surface of fore limb not larger than gulars, smooth. 

 Scales on upper surface of tibia like the dorsals, or slightly larger ; 

 one series of very large and one or two of small plates on the lower 

 surface. 10 to 15 femoral pores on each side. Subdigital lamellae 

 bi- or tricarinate, spinulose, 25 to 28 under the fourth toe. 



Upper caudal scales oblique, truncate, feebly and diagonally keeled, 

 lower smooth ; 38 to 46 scales in the fourth or fifth whorl. 



Coloration very variable. 



The type specimen is yellowish brown with 6 longitudinal series 

 of dark brown markings, the median pair consisting of very narrow 

 spots or short lines, the other of broader spots and enclosing round 

 whitish spots. 



Another specimen, from Andrew Smith's Collection, is nearly black 

 above, with small whitish spots, the vertebral area forming a light-edged 

 band which bifurcates between the shoulders and extends to the 

 supraocular region ; tail brown, with three black streaks. 



A third, from the Eastern districts of Cape Colony, is greyish 

 above, with 5 black streaks on the nape and the anterior part of the 

 body and 4 on the rest of body, each of these streaks, from between 

 the shoulders, bearing small irregular whitish spots ; 5 longitudinal 

 black streaks on the parietal region. 



Limbs with round whitish spots or dark-edged ocelli. Lower parts 

 white. 



Measurements (in millimetres) : 



1. 



From end of snout to vent . . .57 



„ „ ,, fore limb . . 21 



* In a specimen from Smithfield, Orange River Colony, preserved in the 

 Sovith African Museum. 



