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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
Family — LACERTID2E. 
11. Ebemias yabkandensis. PI. II, fig. 3. 
W. Blanf. : Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 194. 
E. cceruleo-ocettaia, Anderson : Proc. Zool. Soc., 1872, p. 373, nec Dum. et Bibr. 
? E. multiocettata,'- Giinther : Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1872, Ser. 4, vol. x, p. 419. 
JZ. gracilis, supra grisea vel olivacea, nigro-macnlata, ocellis albidis nigro-margiw dis 
utrinque ad dorsum inseriem longitudinalem dispositis ; subtus albida ; scutis nasalibus h (lU 
tumidis, pratfrontali unico, a rostrali suprcmasalibus atque a verticali postfrontalibus long*’ 
disjuncto ; infra-orbitali ad labrum pertinente ; dentibus palatalibus nullis ; scutis ventral' 
bus in series longitudinales (potius obliquas) 14-16, et in transversas ad 30 dispositis; V 0) ^ 
femoralibus utrinque 9-14 ; squamis infradigitalibus vix carinatis. Long. 6 poll., caud(B a < ■ 
1-4, Sanju ; 5-23, Yarkand and Yangiliissar ; 24-28, Kashghar ; 29, near Fyzabad, east of Kashghar ; 
Kaskkasu, between Yangiliissar and Sarikol ; 34-44, Sarikol ; 45-46, west of Sarikol. 
30-33, 
Description. — General form rather slender, tail when perfect about one and a half tim*- 
the length of the head and body, limbs rather short ; the fore limb reaches to between the ej f 
and snout, the hind foot extends to the axil. The nasal scales are not swollen, the 1°^® 
eyelid is opaque and granular. Scales below the toes very faintly keeled. No palatal tee • 
Usual length 5 to 6 inches. A fine specimen, in which only the tip of the tail appears renew 
measures 6 - 2 inches, of which the tail is 3 - 8, head 06, fore limb 08, hind limb 1'25. 
Scales of the back rounded, arranged in transverse rows, becoming flatter and. ra ^ 
larger on the sides. Ventral scales in transverse and oblique rows ; usually 14 to 16 m ea ^ 
transverse row in the middle of the abdomen (very rarely 18) and in 28 to 35 (generally 
or 31) transverse rows. Tail scales not keeled, as a rule, on the anterior portion, th°^» ' 
occasionally they are bluntly keeled above ; on the posterior portion they are more or 
distinctly keeled throughout. Prseanal scales all small. Prom 9 to 14 femoral pores benea 
each thigh. The enlarged scales below the tarsus extend about two-thirds of the dista^ 
across. Scales beneath the feet granular, not keeled. Collar free, the scales towards ^ 
middle enlarged, nearly as large as the abdominal plates, but varying in number ; and o 
passing into small scales at the sides ; usually there are ten to twelve enlarged scales. . , 
Dead shields. — Nostrils between three shields, an upper, lower, and posterior nasal, vv 
are not swollen, but merely slightly convex, as are all the other head shields. Praefrontal sin ^. j 
the supranasals meet in a broad suture, and so do the postfrontals. Two large supraoi 
shields, with granules outside and in front of them, but none inside. Prseoccipi^ 8 ea 
about the same size as a postfrontal ; central occipital smaller, but variable in size. Eos 
pitals large, each three or four times the size of a prseoccipital, no azygos shield behind 
Upper labials six, in front of the large supraorbital shield which descends to the lip, Es 0 ^ 
margin along the lip being nearly equal to that of the preceding shield. Temples cove 
with small granular scales. Edge of ear not denticulate. 
Colour. — Olive-grey above, spotted with black, and with a more or less well mark of 
of whitish black-edged ocelli along each side of the back. The dark spots on the back (l 
form longitudinal lines. 
This name will have priority if, as is probable, the species are the same. 
