358 SCINCIDiE. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 112 Fore limb 10 



Head 10 Hind limb 13 



Width of head. ... 6 Tail 70 



Body 32 



AnamaUays. 



a-e. Ad. & hgr, Toraeada valley. Col. Beddome [C.]. (Types 



of R. travancofica.) 



2. Eistella travancorica. (Plate XXIX. fig. 2.) 



Ateuchosaurus tra-vancoricus, part., Beddome, Madras Juurn. Med. 



Sc. 1870. 

 Eistella travancorica, part., Beddome, op. cit. 1871. 



Ear-opening not or but slightly larger than the nostril : third to 

 sixth upper labials below the eye. Dorsal scales sharply bicarinate. 

 24, rarely 26, scales round the middle of the body. Otherwise as 

 in R. rurTcii. Eeddish brown above, each dorsal scale usually with 

 a dark brown dot ; usually a rather indistinct darker lateral band ; 

 lower surfaces uniform whitish. 



millim. miUira. 



Total length 94 Fore limb 9 



Head 9 Hind limb 11 



Width of head 6 Tail 57 



Body 28 



Western Ghats, Travancore. 



a. Many spec: ad.' W. Ghats. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



& yg- , (Types.) 



3. Eistella giientheri. (Plate XXIX. fig. 3.) 



Ear-opening little larger than the nostril ; a single azygos prse- 

 frontal, nearly as large as the frontonasal ; third to sixth upper 

 labials below the eye. Dorsal scales sharply bicarinate. 22 or 24 

 scales round the middle of the body. Eeddish brown above, with 

 dark brown lines along the series of scales, or with minute yellowish 

 dots ; sides dark brown, dotted with yellowish, or with a dark broAvn 

 longitudinal band; young with three light, dark-edged dorsal 

 streaks ; lower surfaces uniform whitish. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 98 Fore limb 9 



Head 9 Hind Umb 11 



Width of head 6 Tail 59 



Body 30 



South-western India. 



a, h. Several spec. : Madura, Sirimallay IliUs. Col. Beddome [C.]. 

 ad., hgr., & yg. 



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