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the end of the snout and passing through the eye above the ear and going 
down the tail ; more ventrally another prominent black band, arising 
from the tip of the snout and passing along the upper lip, and to the 
shoulder, whence the band is continued along the flanks to the thighs as 
a brilliant vermillion - red streak ; these three bands enclose two pale 
streaks, the more dorsal one being white, and the lower one bright yellow 
in the head and neck region ; ventrally white, except in the lower lip, 
gular region, and neck, where there is a decided yellow tinge. The female 
is similar, but not so brightly coloured, the yellow colour being absent, 
and the black and red bands less brilliant than in the male. Apart from 
the colour the sexes can be distinguished by the fact that the base of the 
tail is swollen in the male, and the preanal scutes are fewer but much 
lamer than those of the female. 
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Distribution of the Species. 
Eremias undata Smith. — This species was recorded by Smith from 
the arid sandy flats between Capetown and Little Namaqualand. Boulenger 
records it from the Richmond District of Cape Colony, and Fischer from 
Great Namaqualand. 
Eremias inornata Roux. — The locality of the discoverer is Orange 
River, Lesser Namaqualand, and the South African Museum has specimens 
from Steinkopf and Naroep. 
Eremias lugubris Smith. — According to Smith this occurs “ in the arid 
districts immediately beyond the northern boundary of Cape Colony”. 
It occurs in the Kalahari, Hereroland, and, according to Bocage, in south 
Angola. Tornier records it with a query from German East Africa. The 
Albany Museum has specimens from Palapye Road. In South Africa 
this species appears to be confined to the western parts. 
Eremias suborbitalis Pet. — This was described fom Damaraland and 
Great Namaqualand, and recently Roux records it from Lesser Namaqua- 
land and from Matjesfontein (Cape Province.) 
Eremias namaquensis D.B. — Described from Great Namaqualand, and 
since recorded from south Angola, from Lesser Namaqualand, from 
Modder River (Bocage), from Beaufort West (South African Museum), 
and from Kaffraria (British Museum Catalogue). 
Eremias pulchella Gray. — Recorded by Boettger from Damaraland and 
Great Namaqualand, by Smith from the west coast of Cape Province near 
the Orange River, and known from Lesser Namaqualand, the Karroo, 
and Richmond district of Cape Province. 
The South African Museum has specimens from Clanwilliam Division, 
from Paarl, Tulbagh, Ceres, Matjesfontein, Prince Albert Division, 
Middelburg, and Aliwal North. The Kimberley Museum has this species 
from Victoria West, and the Albanj^ Museum has it from Colesberg. 
Eremias lineocellata D.B. — We have specimens of this species from 
the following localities in the Transvaal : Pretoria, Irene, Pietersburg, 
and Krabbefontein (Zoutpansberg District), and it is recorded b}^ Boettger 
from the Middelburg District. The South African Museum has a specimen 
from Natal, but the species probably has a very limited distribution in 
