226 SCINCIDJE. 



sides blackish brown ; two series of dark brown spots or dots 

 along the back. 



Prom snout to vent 4*25 inches. 



Hob. Golgonda Hills, near Vizagapatain, 3000 i'eet, and Gorge 

 Hills, Godavari, 2000 feet. 



Genus CHALCIDOSEPS, 



Boulenger, Cat. Liz. iii, p. 423, 1887. 



Palatine bones not meeting on the median line of the palate, 

 which is toothless. Teeth conical. Eye small ; lower eyelid scaly. 

 Ear-opening distinct, minute. Nostril pierced in the rostral, close 



Fig. 62. Upper and side views of head of Chakidoseps thwaitesii. 



to the posterior border ; no supranasals ; pnefrontals and fronto- 

 parietals absent. Body much elongate ; limbs very short, tetra- 

 dactyle. 



Distribution. Ceylon. 



2G4. Chalcidoseps thwaitesii. 



Nessia thwaitesii, GiintJi. A. M. N. H. (4) ix, 1872, p. 80 ; T/tcob. 



Cat. p. 68. 

 Chalcidoseps thwaitesii, Bouleny.Cat. Liz. iii, p. 423, pl.xxxviii, fig. 1. 



Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin ; 

 frontonasal broader than long, broader than the frontal and about 

 half as long ; the latter longer than broad, angularly emarginate on 

 each side by the first supraocular ; 5 supraoculars ; 7 supraciliaries ; 

 interparietal triangular, narrower than the frontal and half as long ; 

 parietals forming a suture behind the interparietal ; a pair of 

 uuchals and a pair of temporals broader the parietals ; second 

 upper labial largest, third entering the orbit. 24 scales round the 

 middle of the body. Prrcanals not enlarged. Digits very short. 

 Tail half as long as head and body. Brown above, yellowish 

 below, each scale with darker centre. 



From snout to vent 2-6 inches; tail 1'3. 



Hob. Ceylon. 



Genus ACONTIAS, 



Cuvier, Regne An. ii, p. 60, 1817. 



Palatine bones not meeting on the median line of the palate, 



