EUMECES TAPROBANENSIS. 89 



lower eyelid has a transparent disk. It is described as follows : — " Scales hexagonal, in six dorsal series ; 

 anal similar to the abdominal. Form robust. Vertical broadest to the front, and rounded posteriorly. 

 Anterior occipitals distinct, but unsymmetrically divided. Colour obve-green, with black lateral and pale 

 super lateral bands, the former much speckled with white, and the latter showing a series of black spots. 

 Between the pale superlateral streaks are five narrow black lines along the nape and body, variegated witli 

 angular greenish-white spots. Limbs minutely pencilled with black, and spots or streaks of the same upon 

 the head. Under parts greenish plumbeous. Seven inches long, of which the tail measures half. Pro- 

 cured at Mirzapore. Others from Wuzeerabad are smaller and less marked with black, which does not 

 form continuous lines along the back, but variegated scales are throughout scattered, and there are some 

 black markings on the head." 



EUMECES INDICUS. 



? Lygosoma dussumierii, Dum. 6f Bibr. Erpet. gen. v. p. 725. 

 Hinulia indica. Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1853, xii. p. 388. 

 ?? Mocoa sikimensis, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxii. 1854, p. 653. 



Supranasal shield none ; the lower eyelid is scaly. 



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

 ciliary shields; anterior pair of occipitals not united. Two loreals and one anteorbital. 

 Opening of the ear not denticulated in front. Thirty-eight longitudinal series of scales 

 round the trunk, eight of which run along the back. Forty-six transverse series of scales 

 between the axils of the fore and hind legs. Vent covered with a pair of large anals ; tail 

 with a series of enlarged subcaudals. 



Limbs well developed : the fore legs extend to the snout, the hind legs nearly to the axil ; 

 the third hmd toe is one-fourth shorter than the fourth. 



Brownish olive above, with a few scattered black spots; sides vnth a broad, ill-defined, 

 blackish-brovra band, generally with irregular whitish edges ; the band itself is spotted with 

 white, and, becoming paler, it is continued on along the sides of the tail. Lower parts 

 whitish. Some specimens are nearly uniform brownish, showing faint traces of the dark 

 lateral band. 



This species is common in Sikkim ; one specimen, purchased of Mr. H. Cuming, is said 

 to come from Ningpo in China. From 8 to 10 inches long, of which the trunk takes 3 or 

 3^ inches. 



EUMECES TAPEOBANENSIS. (Plate XIII. fig. B.) 



Eumeces taprobanensis, Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl., Rept. p. 21 . 

 Lygosoma fallax, Peters, Monatsber. Berl. Acad. 1860, p. 184. 



Supranasal shield none ; the lower eyelid is scaly. 



