18 SECOND YAKKAND MISSION. 
12. Eremias yermiculata. PI. II, fig. 5. 
Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 194. 
? Podarces ( Eremias ) pylzowi, Straucli, Przewal ski’s Reptiles, p. 28, PI. vi, fig. 1. 
D. supra grisea, nigro-vermiculata , subtus albida, elongata, gracilis ; dorso granuioso, 
scutis nasalibus twnidis, prcefrontali unico a rostrali supranasalibus atque a vertical!' 
postfrontalibus longe disjuncto ; supraorbitalibus convexis , omnino squamis minimis rot und' lS 
circumdatis ; mfraorbitali late ad labrum pertinente , dentibus palatalibus nullis ; scutis 
ventralibus in series 16-20 longiiudinales (polius obliquas), atque 36-41 transversas dispose 
tis ; poris femoralibus utrinque 19-23 ; squamis infradigitalibus vix carinatis. Long ■ • 
poll., caudce 5’1. 
1, 2, Yarkand ; 3, Kizil, Eastern Turkestan. 
Description . — General form very slender, the tail more than twice as long as the head 
and body. Limbs moderate, the fore limb reaches nearly to the end of the snout, the hm ( 
limb in front of the shoulder, nasal plates swollen. Scales beneath the toes hut little keele • 
No palatal teeth. Length of the largest specimen 7 ‘4 inches, of which the tail measure® 
5*1, head 0'55, the fore limb is 0'85 long, hind limb 1'5. 
Scales of the back round, granular, minute in the middle, becoming larger on the sides> 
all arranged in transverse rows. Ventral scales in transverse and oblique rows, 18 J 
across the abdomen and 41 along it in the two Yarkand specimens, hut only 16 across and 
along in the Kizil individual. Tail scales all keeled, except below near the base. None o 
the prae-anal scales are much enlarged. Pemoral pores from 19 to 23 beneath each thig * 
The enlarged scales below the tarsus extend about half-way across. Scales beneath the so e ® 
of the feet granular and very small. Plates beneath the toes on the fore feet keeled, but n° 
prominently, those on the hind feet are smooth, except towards the end of the toes, col r 
free, scales about the same size as those of the abdomen, rather irregular in the specimens 
examined, and passing gradually into the small granules of the throat. 
Dead shields . — The single prsefrontal is large, and is separated from the rostral by 
supranasals and from the vertical by the postfrontals ; suture between the supranasals a 0 
equal to that between the postfrontals, and, in each case, in the specimens examined, aD 
half the length of the prsefrontal. Nasals normal. The supraorbitals are somewhat m ^ 
convex than the other shields and are completely surrounded by granules, those separa o 
them from the vertical and prseoccipitals being rather larger than those towards the sup el 
ciliary ridge. . ^ 
Prseoccipitals each about a quarter the size of a postoccipital. A small central occip 
no azygos shield behind it, five or six supralabials in front of the large infraorbital, w ^ 
descends to the lip, the lower edge being equal to that of the preceding shield or 
Lower eyelid granular. Temples covered with small granular scales. Edge of eal 
toothed. • 
Colotir .— Grey above, finely vermiculated with black lines, which tend to form 0 
tudinal bands along the middle of the back. Upper surface of head and limbs the sa 
lower parts white. 
This is easily distinguished from the former species by being much more elongate, ^ 
a much longer tail and hind limbs, by its having more numerous ventral scales, and sV 
