174 



B. Upper head-scales smooth. 



. Snout moderate ; 30 to 40 scales round the 



body (ventrals included) O. elegana, p. 175. 



b. Snout long, much depressed ; 52 to 64 scales 



round the body O. microlepis, p. 175. 



194. Ophiops jerdonii. 



Ophiops jerdoni, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1863, p. 653 ; Theob. Cat. 



p. 44 ; Bouleng. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 73. 

 Pseudophiops theobaldi, Jerdon, P. A. S. B. 1870, p. 71. 

 Cabrita leschenaultii, Murr. Zool. Sind, p. 347. 

 Calosaura chaperi, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Phiknn. (7) viii, 1884, p. 142. 



Head moderate, feebly depressed. Upper head-shields rugose, 

 keeled and striated ; nostril lateral, pierced between 3 or 4 shields, 

 viz. an anterior, or an upper and a lower anterior nasal and two 

 superposed postnasals ; a large frontonasal ; frequently one or two 

 small azygos shields between the pair of prsefrontals ; four supra- 

 oculars, first and fourth small, the two principal separated from 

 the supraciliaries by a series of granules ; occipital small, sometimes 

 a little broader than the inter parietal, with which it forms a suture ; 

 subocular bordering the lip, between the fourth and fifth (or third 

 and fourth) upper labials ; temporal scales small, keeled ; one or two 

 large supratemporal shields border the parietals externally ; tym- 

 panic shield small or indistinct. No gular fold extending from ear 

 to ear : collar quite indistinct. Dorsal scales large, strongly keeled, 

 much imbricate, scarcely larger on the back than on the sides ; 28 

 to 35 scales round the middle of the body (ventrals included). A 

 large postero-median praeanal plate. The hind limb reaches the 

 shoulder or halfway between the latter and the ear in the male, 

 not to axilla in the female. 7 to 11 femoral pores on each side. 

 Tail once and a half to twice as long as head and body ; caudal 

 scales about as large as dorsals. Coppery-brown above, with two 

 pale golden lateral streaks bordered with black, the upper exten- 

 ding from the supraciliaries to the tail, the lower from the upper 

 lip to the groin ; frequently a series of large black spots between 

 the two lateral streaks ; lower surfaces yellowish white. 



From snout to vent l'6o inches; tail 3'2. 



Jfab. Central India (Saugor, Mhow), N.W. Provinces (Agra), 

 Punjab, Sind, also Madras Presidency (Bellary). 



195. Ophiops beddomii. 



Pseudophiops beddomei, Jerdon, P. A. S. B. 1870, p. 72. 



Ophiops monticola, Beddome, Madras Journ. Med. Sc. 1870 ; Theob. 



Cat. p. 45. 

 Ophiops beddoinii, Bouleny. Cat. Liz. iii, p. 74, pi. iii, fig. 3. 



Very closely allied to the preceding. Two or three frontonasals 

 on a transverse line ; .one or two azygos praef rentals nearly always 

 present ; first and fourth supraoculars usually broken up into 



