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Show 926 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON SOME [Dec. 1, the outer border of the parietal; temporal scales granular, smooth ; subocular not reaching the lip, resting on the sixth and seventh, rarely seventh and eighth, upper labials; the two anterior pairs of chin-shields in contact. Collar with 7 to 11 shields. _ Dorsal scales granular, juxtaposed, smooth, 72 to 82 across the middle of the body. Eight longitudinal series of ventral plates, sometimes with an outer series of smaller, imperfectly developed plates ; 26 to 30 transverse series. Preanal region with small shields, or with an enlarged median shield. The hind limb reaches the ear or the eye; foot as long as the distance between the arm and the nostril or the tip of the snout. 17 to 22 femoral pores on each side. Tail twice and one-third to twice and three-fourths as long as bead and body; upper caudal scales strongly keeled. Pale reddish brown or brick-red above, with four longitudinal rows of small round white or bluish dark-edged spots; limbs brown, with round pale spots. c? • + • millim. millim. Total length 170 146 Head 1 L 10 Width of head 7 6-5 From end of snout to fore limb 18 17 vent 44 44 51 55 15 vmi/ Fore limb 16 15 Hind limb 33 32 Tail 126 102 The type specimen, from Milmil, North-western Somaliland, formed part of Dr. Donaldson Smith's collection. Another specimen was obtained at the same place by the late Prince Eugene Ruspoli, whilst four more were purcured at Lugh, Southern SomalilaJn. d ,M iblym iCla (pttyp.e )B o*t tego. * ?• A. 46 44 44 41 40 44 B. H 11 11 11 H 10 c. 7 7 7 7 7-5 65 D. T I I I 2 E. 6,7 6,7 6,7 7,8 6,7 6,7 F. 75 72 75 82 75 74 G 7 9 9 11 10 9 H. 30 26 28 26 27 30 I. 19-19 20-20 17-17 20-20 22-21 18-18 A. Length from snout to vent (in millimetres). B. Length of head. C. Width of head. D. Shields between interparietal and occipital. E. Upper labials below the subocular. F. Number of scales across middle of body. G. Number of shields in collar. H. Number of transverse rows of ventral shields. I. Number of femoral pores (right and left). 4. E R E M I A S STRIATA. (Fig. 4, p. 927.) Eremias brenneri, var. strlatus, Peters, Mon. p. 370. Berl. Ac. 1874, |