EREMIAS FORMOSA.— Smith. 
Reptilia. — Plate XLVII. bio. 3. 
E. superne flavo-bnmnea fasciis quatuor longitudinalibus variegatis, quarura duabus nigro-brunneis duabus 
pallide flavis; corporis latcribus flavo-brunneis nigro-brunneo umbratis et annulis nigrobrunnexs 
maculisque subflavis notatis ; dorsi squamis parvis, subrhomboidahbus, mibncatis , pa pe ra in more 
pellucida ; cauda inferno versus apicem bicarinata. 
Longitudo e nasi apice ad anum 1 unc. 9 lin. ; caudse 3 unc. 
Colour.— The upper surface of the head and the middle of the back inter- 
mediate between yellowish brown and bull-orange, which colour is boun 
on each side by two longitudinal bands extending between the hindhead and 
the base of the tail, the outer band narrow, of a light straw-yellow colour and in 
some specimens interrupted, the inner band considerably wider, continuous, 
and of a deep liver-brown hue. Sides of the body dull yellowish brown, 
freckled with liver-brown, and variegated with a few dark liver-brown rings 
surrounding light straw-yellow spots. Legs, anteriorly and superiorly, yel- 
lowish brown, tinged with purple, and variegated with a few small oblong 
straw-yellow and liver-brown spots. Tail, superiorly, the same colour as the 
leo-s and variegated for some distance from its base, on each side, with a 
row of small, quadrangular, straw-yellow spots, all of which, but more espe- 
cially those nearest to the back, margined more or less with liver-brown. 
The under parts of the head, body, tail, and extremities, dull bluish white. 
Form, &c.-Body rather robust; tail long and tapered to a fine point; 
head rather short, broad posteriorly, rather narrow and tapered anterior to 
the eves ; nose slightly rounded ; sides of head before the eyes perpendicular, 
behind them rather convex. Nasal plates contiguous ; naso-rostral plate 
large and subrhomboidal, anteriorly, nearly truncated; fronto-nasal plates 
contiguous, six-sided, the anterior and outer side very short ; frontal plate 
lengthened, five-sided, widest anteriorly, and in front terminates m an ob- 
tuse an Me • fronto-parietals contiguous ; occipital four-sided, the posterior 
side more lengthened than the anterior and slightly arched ; palpebral plates 
somewhat pyriform, and surrounded externally, anteriorly, and posteriorly, 
