88 SAURIA. 



of anterior occipitals. Opening of the ear not denticulated. Thirty-four longitudinal scries 

 of scales round the trunk, forty-six 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, 

 whilst the shields along the middle of the lower side of the tail are not much larger than 

 the rest. 



Limbs rather feeble : the fore legs extend to the eye, the hind legs to rather more than 

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



Brownish above, yellowish below, a dark-brown band running along the upper part of the 

 side. 



The typical specimen (the only one known*) is apparently young, 4^ inches long, the head 

 and trunk measuring 1-^ inch. It is a native of China. 



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



EuMECES LADACENSis. (Plate X. fig. I.) 



Supranasal shield none ; the lower eyelid is transparent. 



The single prsefrontal forms a suture with the rostral and with the vertical. Four super- 

 ciliary shields. A pair of anterior occipitals. Thirty-eight longitudinal series of scales round 

 the trunk, fifty-six transverse series between the axils of the fore and hind legs. Vent covered 

 with a pair of large anals ; subcaudals broad. Opening of the ear denticulated in front. 



Limbs well developed : the fore legs extend to the snout, the hind legs more than half- 

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



Greenish above, with longitudinal series of black dots ; sides with an obscure band ; lower 

 parts greenish white. 



A single specimen was brought home by Messrs. v. Schlagintweit from Ladak (Tibet), and 

 is now in the British Museum. Head and trunk 2 inches long, the greater part of the tail 

 beins: broken off". 



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



Mocoa formosa, Blytli (Jom'ii. As. Soc. Beng. xxii. 1854, p. 651), is a species unknown to me. As 

 Blyth refers this Lizard to Gray's genus Mocoa, we may presume that it has no supranasal, and that the 



* We doubt whether Australian specimens {Lygosoma quoyii, D. & B.) are specifically identical with 

 Eumeces reevesii. 



