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SECOND YAEKAND MISSION. 
12. Eeemias veemictjlata. PL II, fig. 5. 
Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, 1875, xliv, Pt. 2, p. 194. 
/ Podarees {Eremias) pylzowi, Strauch, PrzewalskPs Reptiles, p. 28, PI. vi, fig. 1. 
jE^. supra grisea, nigro-vermiculata, suhtus alhida, elongata, gracilis ; dor so granuloso^ 
scutis nasalibus tumidis, prcefrontali unico a rostrali supranasalihus atque a rerticali 
postfrontalihus longe disjuncto ; supraorbitalibus convexis, onmino squamis minimis rotundis 
circumdatis; infraorbitali late ad labrum pe^dmente, dentibus palatalibus nullis; scutis 
ventralibus in series 16-20 longitudinales {potius obliquas)y atque 36-41 transversas disposi- 
tis; porisfemoralibus utrinque 19-23; squamis infradigitalibus vix carinatis. Long. 7'4 
poll., caudce B'l. 
1, 2, Yarkand; 3, Kizil, Eastern Turkestan, 
Description. —General form yery 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 snont, the hind 
limb in front of the shoulder, nasal plates swollen. Scales beneath the toes but little keeled. 
No palatal teeth. Length of the largest specimen 7‘4 inches, of which the tail measures 
5*1, head 0*55, the fore limb is 0*85 long, hind hmb 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 to 20 
across the abdomen and 41 along it in the two Yarkand specimens, but only 16 across and 36 
along in the Kizil individual. Tail scales all keeled, except below near the base. None of 
the prse-anal scales are much enlarged. Femoral pores from 19 to 23 beneath each thigh. 
The enlarged scales below the tarsus extend about haM-way across. Scales beneath the soles 
of the feet granular and very small. Plates beneath the toes on the fore feet keeled, but not 
prominently, those on the hind feet are smooth, except towards the end of the toes, collar 
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. 
Sead shields. —The single prsefrontal is large, and is separated from the rostral by the 
supranasals and from the vertical by the postfrontals; suture between the supranasals about 
equal to that between the postfrontals, and, in each case, in the specimens examined, about 
half the length of the prgefrontal. Nasals normal. The supraorbitals are somewhat more 
convex than the other shields and are completely surrounded by granules, those separating 
them from the vertical and prasoccipitals being rather larger than those towards the super¬ 
ciliary ridge. 
Praeoccipitals eaeh about a quarter the size of a postoccipital. A small central occipital, 
no azygos shield behind it, five or six supralabials in front of the large infraorbital, w^hich 
descends to the lip, the lower edge being equal to that of the preceding shield or longer. 
Lower eyelid granular. Temples covered with small granular scales. Edge of ear not 
toothed. 
Colour. —Grey above, finely vermiculated with black lines, which tend to form longi¬ 
tudinal bands along the middle of the back. Epper surface of head and limbs the same; 
lower parts white. 
This is easily distinguished from the former species by being much more elongate, with 
a much longer tail and hind hmbs, by its having more numerous ventral scales, and swollen 
