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The remarkable feature of these specimens is that there are in 

 addition to the two anal pores, two femoral pores, one on each 

 limb. This character will involve a modification in the definition 

 of the genus. 



Apart from the presence of these pores, T. tetraporopliora 

 serves to connect the two previously described species of the 

 i,fenus. 



Dimensions. 



Varamis ii^illeni., sp. nov. 



Description. — Snout slightly projecting, depressed at the end, 

 measuring rather less than the distance fi'om the anterior angle 

 •of the eye to the ear ; canthus rostralis indistinct. Nostril 

 broadly oval, as in V. punctatiis., acanthiirus, etc., directed back- 

 wards and outwards, slightly nearer the end of the snout than 

 the anterior angle of the eye. Limbs and digits moderate, latter 

 strongly compressed. Tail i-ound, flattened ventrally, depressed 

 at the base, not keeled. Head covered with flat granular scales, 

 unequal in size, largest between the orbits, smallest on the 

 supraocular region and about the nostrils. Scales of upper 

 surfaces small, oval, convex, rather longer than broad, each scale 

 on the body and limbs — except those on the preaxial surface of 

 the carpus and to a less extent the tarsus — surrounded by a 

 conspicuous ring of small granules. About eight rows of fiat 

 smooth subequal genal scales, (xular scales similar to abdominal, 

 but more convex. Abdominal scales smooth, in eighty-five to 

 ninety transverse rows between gular fold and groin. Caudal 

 scales all tricarinate, the central keel strongest, raised posterioxdy 

 almost mucronate. Pineal cornea distinct, inconspicuous. 

 Colour. — Light brown above, with darker spots and streaks, 

 arranged more or less plainly in longitudinal series (jr continuous 



