EREMIAS KNOXII. 
of grove elevated ; interparietal plates rhomboidal, the two anterior sides 
much the shortest ; parietal plates, five sided ; palpebral plates, two, with an 
irregular scale immediately in front of them, behind they are edged with a 
congeries of small scales, partly quadrangular, partly circular ; freno-nasal 
very small and quadrangular ; freno-ocular much larger, quadrangular, and 
widest behind ; ante-ocular plates two, the lowermost very small, the upp r- 
most ovate, and placed obliquely ; plates of upper lip nine, no part of it 
formed by the suborbital plate ; those of lower lip seven, all very 7 narrow ; meatus 
auclitorius externus narrow, vertical, and with three small scales projecting 
backwards from its anterior edge. Scales of back and upper parts of sides 
small, subquadrangular, carinated, imbricate, and disposed in transverse 
rows, each of which present a slight angle at the middle of the back ; scales 
of lower parts of sides smooth ; scales of back and sides of tail carinated, 
of under surface plain ; preanal scales seven, one forming the centre, and 
six surrounding it in the form of a ring. The scales of the lower surface of 
the neck are small, flat, somewhat ovate, and the largest are towards the 
breast. Antepectoral fold formed of seven scales, the middle one the largest ; 
ventral plates in transverse rows, twelve or fourteen in each, some small 
scales between the last row and the preanal plates. Scales of fore legs 
anteriorly large, subtriangular, and imbricate, externally small, imbricate, 
and keeled ; under eyelids closely coated with minute granular scales. 
Femoral pores ten or twelve, not very distinct. When the anterior extre- 
mities are applied along the sides of the neck, the longest toe reaches to the 
nostril, and when the hinder ones are applied along the sides, the longest 
toe reaches to the opening of the ear. 
Length from point of nose to anus, 2 inches ; length of tail, 3 j inches. 
Inhabits arid Karoo county, and is very common within the boundaries of the Cape Colony. 
