344 AGAMina;. 



8. Agama latastii. 



Head short, convex, subcordiform. Nostril not tubular, superior, 

 pierced in the posterior part of a flat nasal just above the canthua 

 rostralis. Upper head-scales smooth ; occipital not enlarged ; no 

 spinose scales on the back of the head ; a fringe of three or four 

 pointed scales on the upper edge of the ear, which is smaller than 

 the eye-opening. Body depressed, covered above with equal, rhom- 

 boidal, imbricate, smooth or indistinctly keeled scales, the size of 

 which scarcely exceeds that of the ventrals ; latter smooth or indi- 

 stinctly keeled. Limbs moderate ; tibia slightly shorter than the 

 skull (to occiput) ; third finger shorter than fourth, fifth not 

 ■extending as far as second ; third toe much shorter than fourth, 

 filth not extending quite as far as first. Tail not quite twice as 

 long as the distance from gular fold to vent, rounded, covered with 

 equal keeled scales. Back with four pairs of large quadrangular 

 dark spots. 



Total length 161 millim. 



Head 18 „ 



Width of head 17 „ 



Body 56 „ 



Fore limb 36 „ 



Hind limb 50 ,, 



Tail 87 „ 



Egypt. 



a. 5 . Egypt. Sir J. Wilkinson [P.]. 



9. Agama mermls. 



Trapelus savignii, {non D. Sr B.) Gray, Cat. p. 268. 

 ? Agama deserti, Lichtenst. Verz. BoM. Mus. Berl. p. 101. 

 Agama inermis, Meuss, Miis. Senck. p. 33. 



agilis, (non. Oliv.) Strauch, JErp. Alg. p. 28. 



mutabihs, (non Merr.) Laiaste, Le Nat. 1880, p. 325. 



Head short, convex, subcordiform. Nostril not tubular, directed 

 upwards and backwards, pierced on the canthus rostralis in the 

 posterior part of a flat nasal. Upper head-scales convex, smooth, 

 or very slightly keeled ; occipital not enlarged ; a few scattered 

 small spinose scales on the back of the head ; a fringe of small 

 spinose scales on the upper edge of the ear, which is smaller than 

 the eye-opening ; male without, or with only an indication of, a 

 gular pouch. Body depressed, covered above with unequal, rhom- 

 boidal, imbricate, keeled, more or less distinctly mucronate scales ; 

 ventral scales smooth or indistinctly keeled. Limbs moderate ; tibia 

 as long as, or a little shorter than, the skull (to occiput) ; third 

 finger shorter than fourth, fifth not extending as far as second ; 

 third toe much shorter than fourth, fifth not extending as far as 

 first. Tail about twice as long as the distance from gular fold to 

 vent, rounded, covered with equal keeled scales. Males with a 

 double row of anal pores. Grey-brown or sandy-coloured above, 



