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five longitudinal and in thirty-five transverse series. Vent covered by four shields, the middle 

 pair being considerably the larger ; subcaudals broad. 



Limbs moderately developed: the fore legs extend somewhat beyond the eye, the hind 

 legs more than halfway up towards the axil ; the third hind toe is one-fifth shorter than 

 the fourth. 



The upper parts are uniform black, the lower ones blackish. 



A single specimen, nearly 4^ inches long, has been found by Messrs. v. Schlagintweit in 

 Sikkim, at an altitude of 8930 feet. 



EUMECES MODESTUS. (Plate X. fig. G.) 



Supranasal shield none ; the lower eyelid is transparent. 



The single prsefrontal forms a suture with the rostral ; prsefrontal, postfrontals and vertical 

 meet in a point, or the prsefrontal is slightly in contact with the vertical. Four superciliary 

 shields ; a pair of anterior occipitals. Opening of the ear not denticulated. Twenty-eight 

 longitudinal series of scales round the trunk ; forty transverse series between the axils of the 

 fore and hind legs. The middle pair of shields covering the vent are much larger than the 

 lateral ones; subcaudals broadish. 



Limbs rather feeble : the fore legs extend to, or nearly to, the eye, the hind legs halfway 

 up towards the axil ; the third hind toe is one-sixth shorter than the fourth. 



Yellowish olive above, with indistinct and interrupted lines of black dots ; upper part of 

 the sides with an undulated brovni band ; lower parts whitish with some olive dots. 



The two specimens in the British Museum are 4 inches long, the head and trunk measuring 

 Ij inch ; they are from Ningpo. 



Figure G of Plate X. represents the head, of twice the natural size. 



EUMECES REEVESII. (Plate X. fig. K.) 



Tiliqua reevesii, Gray, in Ann. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 292. 

 Hinulia reevesii, Gray, Lizards, p. 76. 



Supranasal shield none ; the lower eyelid is transparent. 



The single prcefrontal forms a suture with the rostral, but is separated from the vertical by 

 the two postfrontals, which are broadly joined together. Four superciliary shields ; a pair 



