362 sciNCiD^. 



4. Tropidophorns iDerdmorii. 



Aspris bordmorei, Blijth, Journ. ^.s. Soc. Beng. xxii. 1853, p. 651. 

 Tropidophorns berdmorei, Theob. Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 1868, p. 24, 

 and Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 48. 



Upper head-shields smooth ; a single frontonasal, longer than 

 broad ; pracfrontals forming a short median suture, or their inner 

 angles meeting ; frontal as long as frontoparietals and interparietal 

 together ; four supraoculars, first longest ; six or seven supraciliaries, 

 anterior to the fourth supraocular, which borders the eye ; fronto- 

 parietals shorter than the interparietal ; parietals forming a suture 

 behind the interparietal ; fourth upper labial largest and entering 

 the orbit ; an azygos postmental. Tympanum nearly as large as 

 the eye-opening. 38 to 40 scales round the middle of the body ; 

 laterals smallest, dorsals and laterals keeled, not mucronate, ventrals 

 smooth. A pair of large proeanals. The hind limb reaches the 

 wrist. Subdigital lamellse smooth. Tail compressed, a little longer 

 than head and body, scaled like the body. Brown above, back and tail 

 with yellowish, dark-edged irregular cross bars or alternating spots ; 

 sides with a series of more or less distinct whitish, black-edged 

 round spots : lips dark brown, with whitish spots or vertical lines ; 

 belly yellowish, lower surface of tail, and often also the throat, 

 variegated vidth dark brown. 



millim. millim. 



Total length 175 Fore limb 20 



5. Tropidophorns yunnauensis. 



Tropidophorns berdmorei {non Blyth), Anders, Zool. Res. Yunnan^ 

 p. 796, pi. Ixxvi. fig. 3. 



Differs from the preceding in having all the scales perfectly 

 smooth and in 34 longitudinal rows. 

 Hotha valley, Yunnan. 



6. Tropidophorns sinicus. 

 Tropidophorus sinicus, Boettger, Zool. Anz, 1886, p. 519. 



Upper head-shields striated ; frontonasal divided, longer than 

 broad ; a small azygos shield separating the prasfrontals (probably 

 not constant) ; frontal as long as frontoparietals and intei-jDarietal 

 together ; four supraoculars, fu'st and foiu'th longest ; seven supra- 

 ciliaries ; frontoparietals slightly shorter than interparietal ; fourth 

 upper labial largest and entering the orbit : postmental divided. 



