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Show 924 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON SOME [Dec. 1, 2. EREMIAS ERTTHROSTICTA. (Fig. 2.) Eremias erythrostlcta, Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xii. 1891, p. 10, pl. i. fig. 2. Eremias erythrosticta. Head once and two-thirds to twice as long as broad. Upper head-shields smooth; frontonasal longer than broad ; three large supraoculars, anterior smallest and in contact with the prsefrontal, loreal, and anterior supraciliary, but usually separated from the second supraocular by a series of granules, same as surround the disk formed by the second and third of these shields; interparietal and occipital small, separated from each other by one, two, or three small shields ; an elongate shield on the outer border of the parietal; temporal scales granular, obtusely keeled; subocular not reaching the lip, above the sixth and seventh or seventh and eighth labials ; the two or three anterior pairs of chin-shields in contact. Collar with 6 to 9 shields. Dorsal scales granular, round or hexagonal, juxtaposed, keeled, 53 to 60 across the middle of the body. Eight longitudinal series of ventral plates, the six principal broader than long, the outer narrower, but nevertheless very well developed; 24 to 27 transverse series. Praeanal region usually covered with several irregular shields disposed in pairs ; an enlarged median shield very seldom present. The hind limb reaches the eye, or halfway between the latter and the nostril; foot as long as the distance between the arm and the end of the snout; crural scales feebly keeled. 15 to 20 femoral pores on each side, usually 17 to 19. Tail more than twice as long as head and body ; upper caudal scales very feebly keeled. |