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golden brown; sides paler, with a greenish tinge. Below 

 whitish. Each scale with a median dark streak forming conti- 

 nuous Knes above, but slightly interrupted on the sides and belly, 

 and indistinct on the throat. 



Length, body 2-00 ; tail 2-3 = 43 inches. 

 Inhabits the Dekkan (Punah). 



Hagria, Oray. 



Body long. Limbs feeble, with five toes before and four 

 behind. 



H, Vosmacrii, Gray. 



The single prsefrontal forms a suture with the vertical. Super- 

 ciliaries four. Scales in 22 longitudinal rows. Body and tail 

 with alternate brown and yellow lines corresponding to the rows 

 of scales. 



Inhabits Bengal. 



Little seems to be known of this species, which may not perhaps 

 really occur in Bengal. 



Family Acontiad^. 



Head covered with symmetrical shields. Tongue free exsertile, 

 nicked at the tip. Scales of the back, rounded, quincuncial, 

 imbricate ; on the belly similar to those on the back and sides. 

 No gular or lateral fold. No femoral or inguinal pores. Tail 

 long rounded fragile. Nostrils in the enlarged rostral plate. 



Limbs rudimentary or absent. 



AcoNTiAS, Cuvier. 

 Legs entirely absent. 



A. Layardi Kelaart. Pro. Faun Zey., p. 12. 

 Colour light olive marked longitudinally with brown spots. 

 Inhabits Kolombo. 



Nessia, Gray. 



Four rudimentary legs. 



