146 



Lacertklw. 



dorsolateral streak starting from the superciliary edge ; a dark lateral 

 hand from the nostril, through the eye and involving the upper half 

 of the ear-opening, to the tail, edged below by a light streak. Lower 

 parts greenish white (in spirit). Tail reddish iu the young. 

 Measurements (iu millimetres) : 



<? 2 



Prom end of snout to vent . . .48 51 



fore limb . .19 17 



Length of head 11 10-5 



Width of head ..... Co 6 



Depth of head ..... 5 5 



Fore limb ...... 16 15 



Hind limb 20 21 



Foot 11 11 



Tail — 108 



Piiiiiculars <if Type lipechnens. 



48 

 48 

 44 

 53 

 51 



24 

 24 



8. 



3-2 



Habitat. — Khasi hills, near Assam. Six specimens, from the collec- 

 tion of Dr. T. C. Jerdon, are preserved in the British Museum. 

 Jerdon referred them to T. ^e.rlineatus (Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, 

 p. 72). 



This species may be regarded as intermediate between T. tachy- 

 dromoides and T. sexUneatiis, as observed by Giinther in 1888 : 

 " Specimens of T. sexlineatus from Khassya, iu the British Museum, 

 have on the whole a somewhat shorter and less tapering snout, also 

 shorter toes than the typical form, and approach in these respects 

 T. meridlonalhy 



7. TACHYDROMUS SMARAGDINUS. 



Tachydromus smaragdhms, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 147, 

 pi. xvii, fig. 2, and pi. xviii, fig. 1, and Cat. Liz. iii, p. 509 (1887) ; 

 Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) i, 1888, p. 168; Stejneger, Herp. 

 Japan, p. 236, fig. (1907); Van Denburgh, Proc. Calif. Ac. (4) iii, 

 1912, p. 247 ; Bouleng. Mem. As. Soc. Beng. v, 1917, p. 223. 



Body scarcely depressed. Head twice or nearly twice as long as 

 broad, its depth equal to the distance between the centre of the eye 



