332 Lacertidw. 



the frontal and the supraoculars ; suture between the frontal and the 

 first supraocular longer than the anterior part of the outer border of 

 the frontal bordering the jirepalpebral space ; prepalpebral space 

 shorter tlian the first supraocular and usually longer than the lower 

 border of the rostral, rarely of the same length ; suture between the 

 frontal and the prefrontal twice as long as the lower border of the 

 rostral; no accessory, lateral frontonasals ; interfrontonasal sometimes 

 present ; internasal only exceptionally divided into two, usually twice 

 or more than twice as long as the lower border of the rostral ; supra- 

 nasal in contact with the first supralabial ; rostral small, strongly 

 narrowed beneath, its greatest width less than the distance from the 

 middle of its lower border to the nostril and considerably shorter than 

 the distance from the anterior superciliary to the postnasal, and some- 

 times even twice as long , its lower border shorter than its vertical 

 diameter ; nasa,ls often strongly swollen.* Nostrils lateral. Infra- 

 nasal single, in contact with the three anterior upper labials ; upper 

 border of the second upper labial not i-eaching the anterior border of 

 the nasal pit, or reaching it or sometimes beyond ; subocular reaching 

 the labial border or not ; three anterior pairs of submaxillaries forming 

 a suture. Temporal scales small and numerous. 25 to 29t small 

 gular scales in a longitudinal series from the submaxillary angle to the 

 middle of the collar. Ventral shields in oblique series running 

 backward and inward ; the longest transverse series consisting of 

 16 to 18, exceptionally 14, plates. Femoral pores 9 to 15 on each side. 

 Space between the anterior femoral pores on the preanal region at least 

 half as long as the series of pores, sometimes as long or even somewhat 

 longer than the series. Back pale yellowish or greenish grey, 

 sometimes green, almost unspotted or dotted with darker ; sides of 

 body vrith more or less distinctly defined light, dark-edged round spots 

 on dark bands ; upper surface of head unspotted ; lower surface 

 whitish or yellowish white. — Habitat : Cliinese Turkestan (Yarkand 

 and Chotan districts). The Kashgar district is added in the original 

 description. 



31. EEEMIAS PLESKEI. 



Eremias pleskei, Bedriaga, Ann. Mus. Zool. St. Petersb. x, 1907, 

 p. 238, and Wiss. Ees. Przewalski Eeis., Amph. Eept. pp. 531, 758 

 (1912) ; Bouleng. Journ. Zool. Ees. iii, 1918, p. 7. 



* " In zahlreiohen Fallen " according to the original description, 

 t 39, in the diagnosis, must be a misprint for 29, as the original description 

 states " zwisoheji 25 und 29." 



