184 



scraciD-i;. 



the interparietal together, in. contact with the second supraocular ; 

 four supraoculars, socond largest ; five supraciliaries, third longest ; 

 frontoparietals distinct, larger than the interparietal, which entirely 

 separates the parietals ; a pair of nuchals ; four labials anterior to 

 the subocular, -which is large and not narrowed interiorly. Ear-opening 

 roundish, smaller than a lateral scale, without projecting lobules. 

 Body remarkal)ly short. Dorsal, nuchal, and lateral scales very 

 strongly tri- or quin(juecarinate ; 26 to 28 scales round the middle 

 of the body, 8 or 10 of which (ventrals) are smooth. The hind limb 

 reaches the elbow or between the latter point and the axilla. Sub- 

 digital lamellae smooth. Scales on upper surface of tibia bicarinate. 

 Tail about once and a half the length of head and body. Olive- 

 brown or metallic green above ; sides blackish brown, edged above 

 by a pale line ; sometimes a pale line from below the eye to the 

 shoulder ; lower surfaces grey. 



millim. 



Total length 110 



Head 11 



Width of head .... 8'5 

 Body 34 



Southern India, Ceylon. 



Travancore. 



millim. 



Fore limb 15 



Hind limb 21 



Tail 



a-b. Hgr. 

 c. Hgr. 



d-e. Hgr. & yg. 

 /. Hgr. 



ff- 



Yg. 



h. H 



ffr. 



Anamallays. 

 Ananiallays. 

 Top of Sevagherry 



Ghat. 

 Travancore or Wy- 



nad. 

 Ceylon. 



Col. Beddome 

 Col. Beddome 

 Col. Beddome 

 Col. Beddome 



Col. Beddome [C.]. 



65 



(Types.) 



35. Mahi^ia rugifera. 



Tiliqua rugifera, Stoliczka, Joiirn. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 1870, p. 170, 



pi. X. fig. .8. 

 Euprepes (Tiliqua) percarinatus, Peters, Mon. Berl Ac. 1871, p. 571*, 



and A)m. Mus. Genova, iii. 1872, p. 30. 

 percarinatus, var. bonieensis, Peters, II. cc. pp. 572, 31 ; Giinth. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 588. 

 Tiliqua percarinata, var. borueensis, Fischer, Abh. Kat. Ver. Hainb. 



ix. 1885, p. — . 



Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid scaly. Nostril behind the 

 vertical of the suture between the rostral and the first labial ; no 

 postnasal; anterior loreal not deeper but much smaller than the 

 second ; frontonasal broader than long, largely in contact with the 

 rostral and with the frontal ; latter shield longer than the fronto- 

 parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the first and 

 second supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; six supra- 

 ciliaries, first largest ; frontoparietals distinct, larger than the inter- 

 parietal ; a pair of nuchals ; five (or four) labials anterior to the 



Types examined. 



