24 Catalogue of Bep files, 



this species? as layin.^ 6 to 12 eggs. This I believe to be a mistake, as I 

 have taken perfectly formed embryos from it, and believe it to be, therefore, 

 viviparous. Cantor, however, unites as a synonym of this species T. multi' 

 cavinata, Kuhl, which species is oviparous. It is a smaller species and 

 evidentl}' " the young with 5 to 7 keels" of Cantor's description in J. A. S., 

 XVI. p. G52. 



20. T. MONTICOLAj Gimtli. 



o . tlnee specimens in spirit 



The scales are four keeled, but, though Gunther only describes two keels, 

 I think it must be this species. No label is attached, and the specimens ex- 

 hibit no markings, being a uniform plumbous brown above, pale below. 



T. monticola is from Sikkim, and probably replaces T. rufescens of the 

 plains. 



21. T. TRiviTTATi, Gray. 



T. rufescens^ Sliaio apud GwitJier. 



a. mutilated specimen. Jalnat. Dr. Jerdon. 



A handsome species, with three broad white bands down the back ; scales 

 five keeled. 



22. T. QTJINQUETiENIATUS, Licht. 



a. in bad state. Egypt. C. J. Evans, Esq. 



23. T. MULTICARINATA, Kulll. 



Euprepes macularius^ BlytJi. §- 



T. rufescens J Shatv apud Gunther. ^ 



a. four specimens. Rungpore (?) 



These specimens have no label, but are, I think, the same as a species I 

 have always considered as T. multicarinata, Kuhl, from Birma. My Bir- 

 mese specimens are a little larger than the Museum ones, and in a better 

 state also. A female contained 3 eggs and measured, body 3.2, tail 4.2 = 7.4. 

 Colour (olive) pale bronze above, black spotted, spots long and streaky. A 

 broad black lateral band, white margined above. Underneath white. Scales 

 distinctly 7 carinate. Jerdon (J. A. S., XXII., 479) mentions a small speci- 

 men in the museum, of T. multicarinata, Kuhl, but whether or no he refers 

 to one of the above specimens I know not. Like so many other specimens 

 it has probably evaporated long ago. T. multicarinata differs from T. rufeS' 

 cens most essentially in being oviparous, (vide T. rufescens). 



*T. OLiVACEUS, Gray. Malayan Peninsula. 



EUPREPIS, Wagler. 

 *E. trilineata, Gray. Carnatic. 



MABOUIA, FiTZINGER. 



24. M. QUADRTLiNE.vTA, Blyth, J. A. S., XXIL, 652. 

 f (Laljclledj Plestiodon qninquelineatuin, L. 

 North Carolina, llev. F. Fitzgerald.) 



a. fine specimen. Hong Kong. J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



t The labels of specimous are all in Mr. Blyth's handwriting. 



