92 SAURIA. 



EuMECES ALBOPUNCTATUS. The WMte-dotted Skink. 



Riopa albo-punctata, Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist, xviii. 1846, p. 430. Jerd. Journ. As. Soc. 



Beng. xxii. p. 477. 

 Eumeces punctatus, var., Cantor, Mai. Repi. p. 45. 



Supranasal shields in contact with each other. Limbs feeble, with very short toes, the 

 third hind toe being but little shorter than the foiu-th. The lower eyelid is scaly. 



The single praefrontal is in contact with the vertical. Four superciliary shields ; a pair of 

 anterior occipitals ; front margin of the ear tubercular, not denticulated. Twenty-eight 

 longitudinal series of scales round the trunk, fifty-six transverse series between the axils of 

 the fore and hind legs. Middle anal shields somewhat larger than the lateral ones; no 

 broad subcaudals. 



The fore legs do not extend to the eye ; the length of the hind legs is two-sevenths of that 

 of the trunk. 



Back uniform olive-coloured, or with a line of very small dots along each series of scales. 

 Anterior part of the sides blackish brown, with numerous small white spots. Uniform 

 whitish below. 



The largest specimen I have seen is 4^ inches long, the head and trunk measuring 

 2^ inches. This species was discovered by Jerdon in the Nellore district : Blyth has received 

 it from Mergui. Cantor has confounded it with E. punctatus and E. hardwickii, as I have 

 convinced myself by the examination of specimens named and sent by him ; he says that it 

 is numerous in the Malayan countries. 



Eumeces hardwickii. The JMiite-streaked Skink. 



Riopa hardwickii, Gray, Lizards, p. 96. Je7'd. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxii. p. 478. 

 Mabouya elegans, Gray, Lizards, p. 95. 



Supranasal shields in contact with each other. Limbs and toes feeble, the third hind toe 

 being but little shorter than the fourth. The lower eyelid with a transparent disk. 



The single prsefrontal forms a suture with the vertical. Four superciliary shields ; a pair 

 of anterior occipitals. Front margin of the opening of the ear not denticulated. Twenty- 

 six longitudinal series of scales round the trunk, fifty transverse series between the axils of 

 the fore and hind legs. Middle anal shields scarcely larger than the lateral ones ; no broad 

 subcaudals. 



The fore legs do not extend to the eye ; the length of the hind legs is two-fifths of that of 

 the trunk. 



