350 Lacertidas. 



A. Toes not or bvit feebly depressed, moderately serrated, 



the ungual lamella without or with rather narrow 

 lateral expansion ; ventral jjlates in 28 to Si trans- 

 verse series, 12 to 16 femoral pores on each side; 

 suboctilar bordering the mouth. 

 Lower nasal in contact with or narrowly separated from the 

 rostral; 19 to 23 lamellae under the fourth toe; ungual 

 lamella without lateral exijansion ; scales on ujiper surface 

 of arm larger than largest gulars ; caudal scales large, 19 to 

 21 in the 4th or 5th whorl . . .V. lineolata, Nik., p. 363. 



Lower nasal separated from the rostral ; 24 to 30 lamellse 

 under the fourth toe ; vmgual lamella with narrow wing- 

 like expansion ; scales on upper surface of arm not larger 

 than largest gulars ; caudal scales small, 26 to 36 in the 

 4th or 5th whorl .... S. scripta, Stravich, p. 365. 



B. Toes depressed, smooth iuferiorly, rather feebly serrated 



laterally ; ventral plates in 29 or 30 transverse series, 

 16 to 18 in the longest ; 13 to 16 femoral pores on each 

 side ; subocular not reaching the mouth S. transcaspica, Nik., p. 368. 



C. Toes depressed, smooth or faintly keeled inferiorly, 



strongly fringed laterally, the ungual lamella with 

 strong wing-like lateral expansion ; ventral plates in 

 35 to 42 transverse series, 20 to 24 in the longest 

 series; 15 to 19 femoral pores on each side; subocular 

 not reaching the mouth. 

 3 large supraoculars, forming sutures with each other ; frontal 

 as long as its distance from the end of the snout ; parietals 

 meeting in the middle ; a large preanal plate S. acutirostris, Blgr., p. 368. 

 2 large supraoculars, preceded by a series of granules separating 

 them from a small anterior shield ; frontal as long as its 

 distance from the end of the snout; parietals meeting in the 

 middle ; no enlarged preanal . . . . S. persica, Nik, p. 370. 

 2 large supraoculars, preceded by small shields and granules ; 

 frontal as long as its distance from the nasals ; parietals 

 often separated by small shields or granules behind the 

 interparietal ; no enlarged preanal . . S. jram?Hica, Licht, p. 371. 



1. SCAPTIEA KNOXII. 



Lacerta laioxii, M.-Edw. Aun. Sc. Nat. xvi, 1829, pp. 76, 85, pi. vi, 

 fig. 6. 



Meroles hnoxii, Gray, Auu. N. H. i, 1838, p. 282. 



Eremias hnoxii, Dum. & Bibr. Erp. Gen. v, p. 299 (1839) ; A. Smith, 

 111. Zool. S. Afr,, Eept. pi. xliii, fig. 1, and pi. xlviii, fiu^. 1 (1845). 



Eremias hioxii, part., Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 40 (1845). 



f Acanthodactylus nilgherrensis, Jerdou, Journ. As. Soe. Bein'. xxi, 

 1853, p. 476, and Proo. As. Soe. Beng. 1870, p. 79. 



Eremias fordii, Giinth. Aun. & Mag. N. H. (4) ix, 1872, p. 331. 



