74 



LACEKTID^. 



^: .2- 



millim. millira. 



Total length 125 116 



Head 10 9 



AVidth of head 6 6 



From end of snout to fore limb .... 17 16 



Prom end of snout to vent 43 48 



Fore limb 16 14 



Hind limb 24 21 



Tail 82 68 



Northern and Central India. 



a. (5". Himalayas. Col. BeddomefC.]. 



b. Several specs. : cJ, Alpine 'Pmijab. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 

 hgr., c^' yg. 



c-e. <S, 2 , & hgr. Cutch. F. Stoliczka, Esq. [C.]. 



/. Many specs. : J , 5 , BeUary District. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



hgr./& yg. 



ff. Several specs. : (S , 2> Cai'natic (?). Col. Beddome [C.J. 



hgr., & yg. 



2. Ophiops beddomii. (Plate III. fig. 3.) 



Pseudophiops beddomei, Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, p. 72. 

 Ophiops mouticola, Beddome, Madras Monthly Journ. Med. ISc. 1870. 

 beddomii, Stoliczka, Journ As. Soc. Beng. xli. 1872, p. 90. 



Yery closely allied to the preceding. Two or three frontonasals 

 on a transverse line ; one or two azygos pra^frontals nearly always 

 present ; first and fourth supraoculars usually broken up into several 

 very small shields or granules. Lateral scales distinctly smaller 

 than dorsals ; 28 to 32 scales round the body. Femoral pores 8 to 13. 

 Coloration as in 0. jerclonii, but the upper lateral light streak fre- 

 quently absent. 



6: 9- 



millim. millim. 



Total length 107 99 



Head 8 7 



Width of head 6 5 



From end of snout to fore limb .... 14 13 



From end of snout to vent 37 33 



Fore limb 13 12 



Hind limb 19 18 



Tail 70 66 



Southern India. 



a. d". 



b. Several specs., cJ $, 

 c,d. $ & yg. 



Brumagherry Hills, 

 .WOOft., Wynaad. 



Brumagherry Hills, 

 5000ft.,Wynaad. 



S. Canara. 



T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type.) 

 Col. Beddome [C.]. 

 (Types of O. nwniicola.) 

 Col. Beddome [C.]. 



