Mr. W. T. Blaniord on new Reptilia. 31 VJ. — Descriptions of new Reptilia and Amphibia from Persia and Baluchistdn. By W. T. Blanfoed, F.R.S.* Laceetilia. Family LacertidsB. 9. Lacerta princeps. L. magna, fere sesquipedalis, dentibus palatalibus praedita ; scutis postnasalibus utrinque binis, praefrontali unico, verticalis mar-giuibus lateralibus parallelis, anteriore posterioreque in medio prominentibus ; squamis temporalibus polygonalibus, antice majo-ribus ; collari libero, denticulato ; squamis dorsalibus rhomboideis, carinatis, in series transversas ordinatis, ventralibus in series 10 longitudinales, extremas valde angustiores, dispositis ; poris femoralibus utrinque 14: supra griseo-olivacea, subtus albida, maculis 4-5 caeruleis, nigro marginatis, longitudinaliter ordinatis, utrinque post axillam ornata. Hub. in Persia meridionali. Only a single specimen obtained. The form of the back-scales resembles that in the small species Lacerta Fitzingeri and its allies (Notopholis, Gray, nee Wagler). 10. Eremias persica. E. major, cauda elongata, corporis longitudinem dimidio vel plus quam dimidio excedente, membris longioribus quam in peraffini E. arguta Pall., pede anteriore ad rostrum attingente, posteriore ultra humerum ; scuto infraoculari ad labrum pertinente ; supra-labialibus caeteris 5-7 antice, 3-4 postice ; squamis caudalibus caudoe basin versus baud carinatis : supra grisescenti-castanea, nigro sparsim maculata, fascia lata nigra vel nigrescente, interdum albo maculata vel interrupta utrinque ad latus ornata ; dorso in aetate juniore albo nigro que longitudinaliter fasciato, lateribus membrisque superne nigris, albo maculatis : casterum E. argutce E. velocique Pall, similis. Hob. frequens in omnibus fere planitiebus Persicis, qua? altitudinem pedum 3000 supra mare superant. A fine species, distinguished from E. arguta, Pall. (-E. variabilis), by its longer tail and limbs, and by the infraocular shield extending to the lip. From E. velox,*~Pa\\. f it may be recognized by the caudal scales not being keeled. It is a larger form than either, growing to a length of between 9 and 10 inches, and somewhat differently coloured. * Continued from vol. xiii. p. 455.
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