378 AQAMIB^. 



Forehead convex, with slightly enlarged scales ; median supra- 

 orbital scales as large as or smaller than the median dorsals ; 

 occipital scales slightly enlarged ; nostril directed upwards ; nasal 

 separated from its fellow by one scale. Dorsal scales homogeneous, 

 smaller on the sides, rhomboidal, imbricate, smooth. Gular, pectoral, 

 and abdominal scales smooth. Scales on the limbs smooth or feebly 

 keeled. Third and fourth toes with feeble lateral denticulation. 

 Tibia longer than the skull. Tail depressed, especially at the base, 

 tapering to a point, covered with keeled scales ; its length equals 

 nearly twice the distance from gular fold to vent. Greyish above, 

 speckled or guttate with whitish, and with more or less distinct 

 darker dots, spots, or cross bands ; lower surfaces white ; end of 

 tail black inferiorly. 



Total length 166 miUim. 



Head 18 „ 



Width of head 16 „ 



Body 47 „ 



Fore limb 36 „ 



Hind limb 58 „ 



Tail 101 „ 



Persia. 



a. 2 • Near Bam, S.E. Persia. W. T. Blanford, Esq. fC.]. 



J. Hgr. Karman. W. T. Blanford, Esq. '0.]. 



e. (J . Salt Marsh, Sar-i-jum. W. T. Blanford, Esq. ;C. 



d. Hgr. Between Karman and Shiraz. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C. 



11. Phrynocephalus axillaris. 



Phrynocephalus axillaris, Blanf. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xliv. 1875, 

 p. 192, and ind York. Miss., Rept. p. 9, pi. i. fig. 4. 



Very closely allied to the preceding, from which it differs in 

 rather shorter limbs, and the outer edge of the fourth toe more 

 strongly fringed. A red spot behind the shoulder ; end of the tail 

 never black. 



Total length about 15 centim., in which the tail counts for three 

 fifths. 



Yarkand. 



12. Phrynocephalus interscapularis. 



Phrynocephalus interscapularis, Lichtenst. Nomencl. Rept. Mus. Berol 

 p. 12. 



Head much depressed, snout sloping ; upper head-scales small, 

 keeled, not enlarged on occipital region ; nostril turned upwards ; 

 nasal separated from its feUow by one scale. Dorsal scales small, 

 more or less distinctly keeled, not enlarged on vertebral region ; 

 small projecting spinose scales on the sides of the head and neck, 

 and sometimes on the flanks ; a fold along the flanks. Gular scales 



