348 LAOERTIDiE. 



temples with small hexagonal, keeled scales. Superciliaries 2, with a 

 series of 7 — 8 small scales between them^ and two long shields above 

 the orbit. Ventral shields in six longitudinal and 23 — 26 transverse 

 series. Femoral pores 7 — 8 on each thigh. Tail covered with keeled 

 imbricate scales. Colour olive brown, with two broad white streaks 

 on each side, the upper from the superciliary and running along the 

 side of the back, the lower from below the eye and ear, along the 

 middle of the side to the axil of the hind limb. 



Length. — 5 to 6 inches.- 



Hah. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Afghanistan, Rajputana, 

 Kutch, Central India, South India, and Coromandel Coast. Common 

 at Dorbajee on stony ground. 



Acanthodactylus, Fitzinger. 



Nostrils between three shields, the lower of which is the first labial. 

 Eyelids present. A scaly fold across the throat. Ventral scales four- 

 sided. Femoral pores present; toes 5 — 5, keeled beneath^ and toothed 

 on the sides. 



Acanthodactylus cantoris, Gunther, Bep. Brit. Ind. p. 73 ) 

 Theoh. Eep. Brit. Ind. p. 42 ; Stol. J. A. 8. B. 1872, xli. pt. 2, p. 91 ; 

 Murray, Jtldhh., Zool, Src, Sind. — Cantor's Spined-Foot. 



Rostral shield bent backwards on the upper surface of the snout, 

 with an obtuse angle behind. Supra-nasals contiguous; pre-frontal 

 neai-ly squai^e ; posterior fronfcals longer than broad, obtusely keeled; 

 superciliaries three (the anterior one small) separated from the orbital 

 margin by small scales ; two pairs of occipitals, the anterior pair small, 

 triangular, the posterior twice as large and sub-quadrangular ; a very 

 small central occipital is also present ; eight upper labials, infi'a-orbital 

 shield resting on the fifth, sixth and seventh labials ; mental shield 

 nearly as long as broad. Chin shields five pairs, the first three only in 

 contact; scales on the back strongly keeled, imbricate, and in 13 

 longitudinal rows, the keels forming continuous lines ; scales on the 

 sides of the trunk keeled, much smaller than those of the back ; 

 ventral scales smooth, square, variable in number (10 to 16 longitudinal 

 rows) commonly twelve ; scales of the tail keeled; femoral pores 20 on 

 each thigh (varies from 16 or 17 to 21) ; the fore limb extend to the 

 front edge of the orbit if laid forward ; the hind limb to the collar. 

 Hind toes serrated along their external margins ; colour greenish olive 

 above, with reticulated blackish lines, uniform white below. 



Length. — 7 to 9 inches, of which the tail is about two-thirds. 



Hab. — Sind, in sandy places, especially on the ridges of blown sand, 

 also Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Beloochistan, Southern Afghanistan and 

 S. E. Persia. 



Acanthodactylus micropholis, BIf. Ann. and Mag. Nai. Hist. 

 July 1874, xiv. p. 33; Eastern Persia, p, 383, pi. xxi. fig. 2.' 



Rostral moderate, obtusely triangular behind. Prfe-frontal single, 

 hexagonal^ separated from the rostral by the supra-nasals ; nostrils 



