THE LIZARES OF THE GENUS TACHYDROMUS. 229 
Caudal scales strongly keeled and mucronate, the keels forming 4 very strong 
ridges on the upper surface of the basal part of the tail, the whorls nearly equal in 
length, the fourth or fifth containing 12 to 18 scales. 
Greenish olive, bronze brown, or reddish above, with metallic gloss; usually a 
white or whitish dorso-lateral streak,’ often edged with a black line or a broad black 
band, originating on the superciliary edge or just behind the parietal shield; the 
black band bordering the white streak produced on the side of the head ; a white, 
sometimes black-edged streak from the loreal region to the shoulder, passing through 
the middle of the tympanum, sometimes continued on the side of the body ; males 
often with a series of small white, black-edged ocelli above the lower lateral streak ; 
hinder side of thigh often with a black streak ; limbs and tail often reddish. Lower 
parts yellowish or greenish white. 
Measurements, in millimetres. re Ze Bib eA amas 
From end of snout to vent ae = =: Abe AQh = 5a bye Ol: 
aA eniee Cues eee TOReI MIT oir eo ia 17 TO 322) 2 2 2k 
Head x a Bs ae stag Tee Sache Magis ain 
Width of head ae is 35 1 6 6 7 7 7 
Depth of head FS So 7 6 6 
Fore limb an oe ; : Bug) ALD WHO) T) | opin n 2%) 
Hind limb s ae % a: DEAD. S2O me 228 
Foot a =e Bi. = a 1s IPF SEG Gey el 
Tail : ars a ae: 145 200 280 215 255 
I. 6, 9. China, type of T. meridionalis. 2.. 9, ditto. 3. 3&, Great Natuna. 4. o, Java. 5. 2, 
Matang. 
Particulars of specimens examined. 
Ee Dae Bee tavtle 5 6. 7. 8. Q. 
¢, Amoy, China of ae Bs Bhsh — 7k aD BY BOAO). SARS): ee 
» > 9. China (type of I. meridionalis) Ana OO mea fen Ahem 22 Oo) Se at, he 
2 2 : ; 53 32 4 12 24 sae) 1g I 18 
3 ; ae : AG etesS geet ripen 2 ree 2A tee 2 Olen esTe era 
aA . 5 3 x ATs Ose |e Aen? Sue Obese > Pane TO 
3, Man Son Mts., Tonkin : RS ane ee yl 8 hep ea G20 Tae 22 
.,, waigon (Lataste Coll.) CORSO 7Are Aare 1 Onde? OM ars gre 2h tarl ate 22 
Bay a Vi = a Sy Pat 3S) Seen ae 
Some eee Aba LOM 220m lls 2Ou gat) <2) 
x = SS aes Olea Ome 2a Onan e2AN es sn 2A! 
725 5 a GigeteS Cee eae OMe 2 Ol el OmeenoTee ete = 12! 
Oe me 4 ue A eae 1 Olena 2/7 aan OMe 23 loge Tp are 25 
” r Hs FG ees Amie Aeon ON S20) ee ar 22 
3 , Sittong, Sikkim (Indian Museum). Oe? OMEN ue KOArne2 Si TOG se 20a oh 25 
9, Rangoon ai BORIS 4a AS aeLObe Sayre Tat 23) 902.7. 26 
4g 56 ; Ome eee Apes hOn 24 TOR Geel Gia, iy, 25 
* 5 a : ING) Bak Zh dO AR Oem 22 28 
3, Bangkok, Siam “is ey, Sef AB yl» GS poe Gea Soy Sage eae 
2, 56 5; ot oe 51 Shs ear 30) 23 IQ) 23} I 22 
| Absent in the specimens from Rangoon. 
