. Zoology of Egypt. ot separated from each other by interposedsmall scales. The species are U. ocellatus, Licht., U. omatus, Heyden, U. agyptius,Hasselq. & Linn., and U. acanthinurus, Bell. There are two subdivisions of this section, viz. one in which the tail is encircled bythe segments, which are as long on the under as on the upper surface ; and another inwhich this is not the case, as two or more transverse rows of scales on the undersurface correspond to one of the dorsal segments. XI. ocellatus, Licht., and U. omatus,Heyden, belong to the first of these subdivisions, and U. cegyptius, Ha
. Zoology of Egypt. ot separated from each other by interposedsmall scales. The species are U. ocellatus, Licht., U. omatus, Heyden, U. agyptius,Hasselq. & Linn., and U. acanthinurus, Bell. There are two subdivisions of this section, viz. one in which the tail is encircled bythe segments, which are as long on the under as on the upper surface ; and another inwhich this is not the case, as two or more transverse rows of scales on the undersurface correspond to one of the dorsal segments. XI. ocellatus, Licht., and U. omatus,Heyden, belong to the first of these subdivisions, and U. cegyptius, Hasselq. & Linn., andU. acanthinurus, Bell, to the second. An Asiatic species, U. microlepis, Blanford, alsobelongs to this subdivision. The other primary section of the genus, in which the spinose segments on the uppersurface of the tail are separated from each other by interposed small scales, is representedby three species, U. hardwicMi, Gray, U. asmussii, Strauch, and U. loricatus, Blanf.,confined to DEOMASTIX OCELLATUS. 127 Uromastix ocellatus, Licht. (Plate XII.)Uromastix ocellatus, Licit. Doubl. Berl. Mus. 1823, p. 107; part., Fitz. Syst. Rept. 1843, p. 86; Peters, Mon. Berl. Ak. 1862, p. 271 ; part., Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf. Fr. 1882, p. 45 ; Blgr. Cat. Liz. B. M. iii. 1887, p. 499; Anderson, Herp. Arabia & Egypt, 1896, p. ornatus (non Heyden), Gray, Cat. Liz. B. M. 1845, p. 261; Blgr. Cat. Liz. B. M. i. 1885, p. J, 15 2 , and 1 juv. Neighbourhood of ? . Wadi Haifa. Major Henry dAlton Harkness. Ear with no enlarged conical scales at its anterior border. Body-scales very small,quadrangular, flattened, 260 round the middle of the body including the ventrals ;about 95 to 100 ventrals between the inguinal and gular folds; no enlarged tubercleson the flanks or on the fore limb, but with a few irregularly shaped pointed scales on thethigh, and enlarged conical tubercles on the tibial portion of the limb. Tail graduallytapered to a point,
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