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and subequal on the body and tail ; the dorsals enlarged, more 

 or less truncate and in two rows on the anterior region of the 

 neck. \'entral an ! subcaiidal scales rounded, imbricate, sub- 

 equal, smooth. Xo collar fold. ]\Jale with femoral pores. 

 Type: Calliscincol'ns agilis, new species. 



Calliscincopus agilis, new species. 



Description : ]\Iale. Body moderately elongate. Head 

 flattened, 1.35 times as long as broad, the length about 2.5 

 times the length of the snout and contained 4^ times in the 

 length of the head and body. Frontonasal very broad, the 

 width 1.5 to 1.7 times the length. Prasfrontals small, sub- 

 triangular, separated by nearly the entire width of the frontal. 

 Frontal a little longer than the frontonasal. Parietals very 

 large. Interparietal trapezifcrm. A row of infraorbitals. 

 Supraoculars two, the hrst the larger. A single loreal. Chin 

 shields one anterior and three pairs, all in contact or the last 

 pair narrowly separated. Dorsal and lateral scales smooth, 

 rounded, imljricate. subequal on the body ; the dorsals much 

 larger than the latirals, more or less truncate, and in two rows 

 on the anterior region of the neck. A'entrals smooth, imbri- 

 cate, a little larger and more elongate than the dorsals. Caudal 

 scales rounded, smooth, imbricate, subequal. Tail a little more 

 than half of tlie total l:ngth. Male with four femoral pores 

 on each side. 



The color of the type specimen in life was as follows : Above 

 bister becoming darker in the lumbar region. A light stripe on 

 each side from the end of the snout to the base of the tail; this 

 stripe chamois on liead and neck, deep chrysolite green on the 

 bodv, and narrowl}- margined above with black on n:ck and 

 body. Sides of head, neck and body, and the dorsal surface 

 of limbs, black, on the neck this band margined below with a 

 line of amber yellow. The scales in the submental region dull 



