EREMIAS CAPENSIS.— Dum. et Bib. 
Reptilia. — Plate XLV. Fig. 2. 
E. superne „bg,U«, lineis quip,™ tagMndfa* n igre -b™»oi. wept* U f ^ '““‘u 
Lis Llibus , „»t» p.,v. ,»«a»n g „.,„i into, scut, 
subcireularibus in ordinibus transversis dispositis, et inter crimes .,»».» mmute«ims , — 
tralibus ordine transverse sexdecim; poris femoralibus novem, aliquando undecim. 
Longittjdo e nasi apice ad amim 2 unc. 3 lin. ; caudffi 4 unc. 3 lin. 
Lacebta Capensis, Smith, Mag. of Zool. and Bot. (New Series) vol. ii. p. 93. 
Colour.— The colour of the upper and lateral parts of the head, and of the 
outer surface of the extremities, a brownish purple-red, the latter parts varie- 
gated with a few scattered, small, whitish spots. The back and the upper 
parts of the sides bluish grey variegated with five more or less defined longi- 
tudinal liver-brown lines, which terminate on the base of the tail ; one of t lese 
lines, the narrowest, extends along the middle of the back is forked towards 
the head, and posteriorly consists in general of only a senes of fine short streaks 
the others, two on each side, are rather broader, and consist of irregula y 
shaped spots, in some specimens like the letter X, and more oi ess con 
nected. The upper surface of the tail pale yellowish grey, towards the base 
tinted with asparagus-green. The under surface of the head, the body, an 
the tail, and the inner surfaces of the extremities, yellowish white. Loes ant 
claws light yellowish brown, with a semi-transparent appearance. Eyes dar 
Cli T a Zi &c— Body moderately robust, sides rather bulging ; head lengthened, 
posteriorly rather broad and four sided, anteriorly narrow anti tapered ; nose 
Sfivobtuse and rounded. Temples slightly protuberant. Nasal plates sepa- 
sligh tlyob the intervention of the anterior and lengthened angle 
"mboidal naso-rostral plate ; fronto-nasal plates apart, with a small sub- 
quadrangular plate connecting them ; frontal plate lengthened, club-shaped, and 
hs anterfor and posterior edges arched ; fronto-par.etal plates con tgnons ; m- 
terpa ietal rhomboidal, broadest anteriorly, and with a small granular elevat.on 
