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KEPTIHA.. 
(Eremias) pyhoioi^ p. 28, pi. vi. fig. 1, quadrifrons, p. 34, pi. iv. fig. 2, 
planiceps, p. 39, pi. iv. fig. .3, hrachydactyla^ p. 41, pi. vi., and 
przewalsiciif p. 43, pi. 7, Alashan Desert, P. (E.) Jcessleri, p. 36, pi. v., 
Chinese province Gansu, and^P. (P.) intermedia^ P* ‘^8, note, Aralo- 
Oaspian Desert, spp. nn., A. Strauch, in Prejevalsky’s Mongolia, ii. pt. 3. 
Eremias variabilis, David, was probably E. argus, Peters ; id. tom. cit. 
pp. 1 & 32. 
Eremias persica, Blanf. (1874), described and figured ; Blanford, 
Eastern Persia, ii. p. 370, pi. xxviii. fig. 1. 
Eremias velox, Pall. Specimens obtained in Persia doubtfully referred 
to this species, the young of which is certainly Aspidorrhinus gracilis^ 
Eichw., p. 374 ; E. fasciata, Blanf. (1874), described and figured, p. 374, 
pi. XXV. fig. 3. Id. 1 . c. 
Acanthodactylus micropholis, Blanf. (1874), redescribed and figured, 
p. 383, pi. xxvi. fig. 2 ; and A. cantoris^ Gthr., noticed, with figures of 
head, p. 387, pi. xxviii. figs. 3, a-h. Id. 1 . c. 
Mesalina watsonana,. Stol., = M. pardalis\ which is added to the fauna 
of India. Id. 1 . c. p. 377, and J. A. S. B. (n.s.) xlv. pt. 2, p. 26. 
Ophiops mizolepis, Stol., found in Persia ; the sub-genus Chondro- 
phiops is untenable. Id. Eastern Persia, ii. p. 369, pi. xxv, fig. 2. 
GYMNOPHTHALMIDiE . 
Epaphelus, g. n. Allied to GymnopTitlialmus ; without eyelids. Toes 
4-5. Nostril in a single plate ; no supra-nasals ; one loreal. Fronto- 
nasals distinct. One large supra-ocular, and one large supra-orbital ; 
fronto- and inter-parietal confluent ; parietals distinct. Scales large, 
smooth, and sub-equal. Meatus auditorius open. Type, E. sumichrasti^ 
sp. n., Tehuantepec. E. D. Cope, J, Ac. Philad. (n.s.) viii. p. 115. 
BlepharostereSj Stol., does not differ from Ahlepharus in a total ab- 
sence of eyelids, as supposed by its author ; W. T. Blanford, tom. cit. 
p. 394, note. 
Ahlepharus bivittatus, Men., pi. xxvii. figs. 2 & 2 a, and A. pusillus, 
Blanf., 1874, = A. brandti, Str., described and figured, p. 391, pi. xxvii. 
fig. 1. Id. 1 . c. 
CEECOSAUKIDiE. 
Chalcidolepis, g. n. Dorsal scales smooth, in uninterrupted transverse 
annuli, sub- equal. Toes 5-5, clawed. An inter-fronto-nasal, 2 pre- 
frontals, a frontal, 2 fronto-parietals, 2 parietals separated by an inter- 
parietal. Tympanum distinct, nostril in single nasal. No femoral 
pores. Teeth compressed, with a principal cusp and a denticle on each 
side. Type, C. metallicus^ sp. n., p. 116, pi. xxiv. fig. 5,* Costa Eica. E. 
D. Cope, J. Ac. Philad. (n.s.) viii. 
Cercosaura (^Pantodactylus) quadrilineata, sp. n., 0. Bottger, Ber. 
senck. Ges. 1876, p. 141, pi., Brazil. 
Lepidosoma carinicaudatum^ sp. n,, id. 1 . c. p. 160, Maranon. 
(^P or oidog aster') Lepndophyma smithiy sp. n., F. Bocourt, J. Zool. v. 
p. 342, Tehuantepec and Western Guatemala. 
