ALLIED TO LACERTA MURALIS. 6') 



slijrhtlv constricted. Hind limb reachinsj tiie collar or a little beyond in the male, the 

 axil or the shoulder in the female ; foot as long as the head or a little longer. Tail 

 cylindrical, a little more than twice the length of head and body. 



Nostril pierced between the nasal, two postnasals, the first upper labial, and the 

 rostral. Nasals forming a rathir long suture behind tiie rostral ; frontonasal as long 

 as broad or a little broader than long; frontal usually shorter than its distance from 

 the rostral, 1]- to H times as long as broad, as broad, behind, as the major supra- 

 oculars in the adult (narrower in the young); parietals Ih to 1§ times as long as 

 broad, with straight or slightly convex outer border, not in contact with the upper 

 postocular ; occipital usually as long as and much broader than the interparietal, 

 sometimes shorter and but little broader. Major supraoculars, of which the first is 

 usually the longer, separated from the superciliaries by a complete series of granules; 

 7 to 9 superciliaries, the suture between the first and second sometimes vertical, 

 sometimes oblique. 



Kostral largely entering the nostril ; two superposed postnasals ; anterior loreal 

 much shorter than second ; 6 upper labials anterior to the subocular *, the lower 

 border of wliich is usually but little shorter tli.in the upper. Temple covered with 

 minute granules, which are smaller than the dorsal scales; the granules in front of 

 the ear may have a tendency to form a denticulation; no masseteric sliield ; tympanic 

 shield usually well developed, sometimes very small ; a large anterior upper temporal 

 shield, in contact with the fourth supraocular, followed by a series of 2 or 3 smaller 

 shields. 



Pterygoid teeth present. 



45 to 50 granular scales in a straight line between the symphysis of the chin-shields 

 and the median collar-plate ; no gular fold. Collar with feebly serrated edge, com- 

 posed of 13 to IG phites, all except the median very small. 



Scales on body very small, granular, round, convex, smooth or very indistinctly 

 keeled, mostly with a distinct sensory pit ; the interstitial skin with very minute 

 granules ; 85 to 95 scales across the body ; 4 or 5 lateral scales correspond to the 

 length of a ventral plate ; 48 to 68 transverse series of scales, in the middle of the 

 body, correspond to the lengtli of the head. Ventral plates in 8 longitudinal and 

 '27 to 29 transverse series ; the plates of the second series from the median line usually 

 broader than the others, those of the outer series smallest. 



Praeanal i)late small, bordered by 2 or 3 semicircles of smaller plates. 



Scales on upper surface of tibia a little larger than dorsals, obtusely keeled. 

 29 or 30 lamellar scales under the fourth toe. 25 to 29 femoral pores on each side, 

 the two series nearly meeting in the middle. 



Upper caudal scales narrow, straight or nearly straight, strongly keeled, truncate, 



* 7 oil one side in one of the specimens. 

 VOL. .\XI. — I'AUT I. No. 9. — Jltnr, I'JIG. K 



