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Show 1881.] LACERTA AND ACANTHODACTYLUS. 745 Dum. & Bibr. loc. cit. p. 278 ; Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 38 : Strauch, loc. cit. p. 38 ; Bouleng. loc. cit. p. 182. Three or four palpebral shields. Infraocular not reaching the lip. Front edge of the ear strongly toothed. Dorsal scales very much larger on the hinder part of the back, imbricate, strongly keeled. Ventral plates broader than long, in 10-12 longitudinal rows. Digital denticulations very long. HaB. N. Africa; Abyssinia, Arabia (British Mus.); Syria (British Mus.; Brussels Mus.). 3. ACANTHODACTYLUS CANTORI. (Plate LXIV. fig. 3). Acanthodactylus cantori, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 23 ; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. 1872, pt. 2, p. 91 ; Blanf. E. Persia, Zool. p. 381. This species resembles very much A. Boskianus. The shape of the head is different, the snout being here longer and acutely pointed ; the fronto-nasal and prsefrontal shields are consequently more elongate. As a rule, there is a greater number of longitudinal rows of ventral plates, viz. 12-14. The front edge of the ear is never strongly toothed. HaB. N.W. Hindostan; Baluchistan; Persia. 4. ACANTHODACTYLUS MICROPHOLIS. (Plate LXIII. fig. 3.) Acanthodactylus micropholis, Blanf. loc. cit. p. 283, pi. xxvi. f. 2. Three or four palpebral shields, the front one frequently separated from the following by a row of granules. Infraocular generally forming part of the lip. Front edge of the ear slightly toothed. Dorsal scales granular on the neck and between the shoulders, larger, semioval, and sharply keeled on the rest of the back. Ventral shields broader than long, in 10-12 longitudinal rows. Digital denticulations not very long. HaB. Baluchistan. 5. ACANTHODACTYLUS SYRIACUS. (Plate LXIII. fig. 4.) Acanthodactylus Boskiana, var. syriacus, Boettger, Ber. Senck. Ges. 1878-79, p. 69. Acanthodactylus savignyi, part., Boettger, Jahresb. Senck. Ges. 1879-80, p. 178 (specimens from Syria). Four palpebral shields. Infraocular not reaching the lip. Temporal scales imbricate, keeled. Front edge of the ear slightly toothed. Dorsal scales slightly keeled on the neck and between the shoulders, larger, semioval and acutely keeled on the rest of the back. Ventral plates broader than long, in 10-12 longitudinal rows. Digital denticulations not very long. This species is very closely allied to A. micropholis, from which it may be distinguished by the larger, imbricate, and keeled scales of the temporal region, and the more acute keel of the dorsal scales. A. syriacus is known to m e from the description of Boettger, and from one specimen collected in Palestine by Dr. Anderson. HaB. Syria. P R O C . Z O O L . S o c - 1 8 8 1 , No. XLVIII. 48 |