356 SEPSiD^. 



Eumeces tseniolatus, Blyth,J.A.8. B. 1854, p. 739. Plestiodon 

 scutatus, Theoh. Coi.Rep. As. Soc.Mus. Mabouia t^niolata, Blyth; And. 

 F. As. B. September 1871. 



Rostral large, sub triangular, as high as broad, behind -which the 

 supra-nasals form a suture. Nasal between the first upper labial, 

 rostral and supra-nasal. Prie-frontal single. Post-frontals form sutures 

 with the prffi-frontal and vertical, and laterally with the pr?e-ocular and 

 loreal. Vertical three times as long as its broadest part, followed by a 

 pair of large shields, within the hollow of the sutures of both of which 

 is a bell-shaped inter-occipital, with, as in Ahlepharus, a small 

 sub-central dusky spot. Post-occipitals form sutures with the sides of 

 the inter-occipital and meet above it, and also with a large temporal 

 plate and the hindmost superciliary. Upper labials 9-10, the 6th and 

 7th below the eye. Lower labials 9 ; mental as broad as the rostral 

 with two shields behind stretching across the chin ; three pairs of 

 chin shields, the first only in contact with each other. There is a 

 small scale between the second pair. The thii'd pair distant. Super- 

 ciiinry shield 6-7, the third the largest ; one post-ocular, one pre- 

 ocular. Two rows of small scales between the upper labials and the 

 disc of the lower eyelid, which is scaly, and a row of small shields 

 between the superciliaries and the upper eyelid. Scales round the middle 

 of the body in 20-21 rows, the dorsal series about three times the 

 width of those on the sides. Anal shields two, sub-caudals 110-120. 

 Toes scutate, all clawed. Ear opening fringed with 3-4 scales. Colour 

 brownish yellow above and below with three broad dark brown lines 

 down the back, all three lines begin from the rostral, and are spotted 

 yellowish ; the spots on the lateral line are formed by every alternate 

 scale being tipped yellow. In spirit the yellow changes to a whitish. 

 Tail of the same colour as the body with dark brown specklings in 

 48-50 irregular bands. 



1. Length 10 inches, of which the tail is 6 inches. 



2. „ 10-5 „ „ „ 6-25 „ 



Hab. — Sind and the Punjab, also Cashmere, commonly seen among 

 hedges in and around gardens during the hottest part of the day. 



Family, SEPSID^. 



Nostrils in the front edge of a small shield contiguous to the rostral. 



Sphenoeephalus, Blyth. 



Limbs four, rudimentary, each with three toes, except in S.pentadady- 

 lus, which has five. Anterior limbs very small, fitting into a groove. 

 Ears invisible. Lower eyelids semi-transparent. 



Sphenocephalns tridactylus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxii, p. 654 ; 

 Gunth. Rept. Br. lad. p. 98 ; Then. Eept. Br. Lid. p. 70 ; Blf. East. 

 Persia, p. 395 ; Murray, Hdbh, Zool., Sfc, Sind,]). 258. — The Cigigna. 



Rostral triangular, as broad as high, and protruding beyond the 

 mental. Nostrils between two shields contiguous to the rostral in its 



