16 SECOND YAEKAND MISSION. 
Family—ZJ CJEUTIDM. 
11. Eeemias yaekandensis. pi. II, fig. 3. 
W. Blanf.: Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 194. 
E. caruleo-ocellata, Anderson : Proe. Zool. Soc., 1872, p. 373, tiec Dum. et Bibr. 
? E. multiocellata,^ Giinther: Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1872, Ser. 4, vol. x, p. 419. 
El. gracilis, supra grisea vel olimcea, nigro-maculata, ocellis albidis nigro-marginatis 
utringue ad dorsum inseriem longitudinalem dispositis ; suhtus alhida ; scutis nasalibus hand 
tumidis, prccfrontali unico, a rostrali supranasalibus atque a re^dicali postfrontalibus longe 
disjuncto ; infra-orbitali ad labrum pertinente ; dentibus palatalibus nullis ; scutis ventrali- 
bus in series longitudinales {potius obliguas) 14-16, et in transversas ad 30 dispositis; poris 
femoralibus utringue 9-14 ; sguamis infradigitalibus vice carinatis. Long. 6poll.^ caudee 3'7. 
1.4, Sanju; 5-23, Yarkand and Tangihissar; 24-28, Kaskgkar; 29, near Eyzabad, east of Kashgkar; 30-33, 
Kashkasu, between Yangikissar and Saiikol; 34-44, Sarikol; 46-46, west of Sarikol. 
Description .—General form rather slender, tail when perfect about one and a half times 
the length of the head and body, hmbs rather short; the fore hmb reaches to between the eye 
and snout, the hind foot extends to the axil. The nasal scales are not swollen, the lower 
eyehd is opaque and granular. Scales below the toes very faintly keeled. No palatal teeth. 
IJsual length 5 to 6 inches. A fine specimen, in which only the tip of the tail appears renewed, 
measures 6*2 inches, of which the tail is 3*8, head 0’6, fore limb 0’8, hind limb 1*25. 
Scales of the back rounded, arranged in transverse rows, becoming flatter and rather 
larger on the sides. Ventral scales in transverse and oblique rows; usually 14 to 16 in each 
transverse row in the middle of the abdomen (very rarely 18) and in 28 to 35 (generally 30 
or 31) transverse rows. Tail scales not keeled, as a rule, on the anterior portion, though 
occasionally they are bluntly keeled above; on the posterior portion they are more or less 
distinctly keeled throughout. Prseanal scales all small. Erom 9 to 14 femoral pores beneath 
each thigh. The enlarged scales below the tarsus extend about two-thirds of the distance 
across. Scales beneath the feet granular, not keeled. Collar free, the scales towards the 
middle enlarged, nearly as large as the abdominal plates, but varying in number; and often 
passing into small scales at the sides; usually there are ten to twelve enlarged scales. 
Read shields .—Nostrils between three shields, an upper, lower, and posterior nasal, which 
are not swollen, but merely slightly convex, as are aU the other head shields. Prgefrontal single; 
the supranasals meet in a broad suture, and so do the postfrontals. Two large supraorbital 
shields, with granules outside and in front of them, but none inside. Prseoccipitals each 
about the same size as a postfrontal; central occipital smaller, but variable in size. Postocci- 
pitals large, each three or four times the size of a prseoccipital, no azygos shield beliind them. 
Upper labials six, in front of the large supraorbital shield which descends to the lip, its lower 
margin along the lip being nearly equal to that of the preceding sliield. Temples covered 
with small granular scales. Edge of ear not denticulate. 
Colour. —Olive-grey above, spotted with black, and with a more or less well marked line 
of whitish black-edged ocelli along each side of the back. The dark spots on the back often 
form longitudinal lines. 
This name will have priority if, as is probable, tbe species are tbe same. 
