Br. A. Gunther on three new Species o/'Eremias. 381 XXXIX. — Description of three neio Species o/Eremias. By Dr. A. GiJNTHER. Eremias nitida. Snout not much produced or depressed, not much longer than the cleft of the orbit. Eyelid scaly. The labial margin of the suborbital shield is not longer than the preceding upper labial. Ventral scutes in six longitudinal and twenty-six transverse series. A brown longitudinal band along the back,, separated by a brownish-red line from the black lateral band. Sides from behind the eye deep black, with two parallel white lines proceeding from the eye, the upper above the tympanum, the lower passing through its lower part. Tail and limbs uniform brownish. Lower parts white. West Africa. Two specimens ; the body of the larger is 40 millims. long^ its tail being 90 millims. Eremias SjpeMi. Snout rather produced and pointed. Eyelid scaly. All the shields on the upper surface of the head ornamented hy deep grooves. Supraorbitals with a few small scales in front and behind. The labial margin of the suborbital shield not longer than the preceding upper labial. Vertical narrowest and truncated posteriorly. Ventral scutes in six longitudinal and thirty transverse series. Dorsal scales very small, but each with an oblique keel. Brownish, with three white longitu-dinal lines on the back, and sometimes with another rather irregular one along the side. Short black cross bars between the white lines. Two specimens were obtained by the late Capt. Speke in 5° 7' S. lat., between the coast and Unyamuezi. The body of the larger is 53 millims. long (without tail). Eremias Fordii. Allied to E. Knoxii. Snout pointed, moderately produced. Eyelid scaly. An-terior frontal not in contact with the rostral ; generally an azygos shield between the posterior frontals. Vertical narrow and truncated behind ; a series of granules between the supra-ciliaries and supraorbitals. The infraorhital does not enter the labial margin^ and is situated above the fifth ^ sixth^ and seventh supralabials. Dorsal scales very small, each with an oblique keel. Ventral scutes in twelve longitudinal and twenty-nine transverse series. Prjeanal scales rather large. Toes distinctly serrated behind. Brownish, with black spots, which are ar-ranged in longitudinal bands, one on each side of the back being the broadest, and including round whitish ocelli. A
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