13. KUMECE8. 383 



in the length from snout to vent; limbs widely separated when 

 adpressed. A median series of transversely enlarged subcandals. 

 Pale brown above, wilh three broad dark brown longitudinal Imnds, 

 the laterals with small whitish spots ; lower surfaces yellowish 

 white. 



niillim. inillim. 



Total length 215 Fore limb 22 



Head 17 Hind limb 27 



Width of head .... 14 Tail 115 



Body 83 



Siud, Punjab, Kashmir. 



a. Ad. Alpine Piiujab. T. 0. Jerdon, Esq. [P. 



i. Hgr. ? W. Theobald, Esq. [P. 



28. Eumeces taeniolatus. 



Eurvlepis tseniolatus, Bhjtli, Jouni, As. Soc. Beng. xxiii. 1854, 

 pi 740. 



Head small ; snout short, obtuse. Nasal very small, nostril 

 pierced above the suture between the rostral and the first labial ; 

 a postnasal ; two loreals, anterior in contact with the second labial 

 and the frontonasal ; five supraoculars, the two anterior in contact 

 with the frontal ; parietals in contact behind the interparietal ; four 

 pairs of nuchals ; seventh upper labial largest ; ear-opening mode- 

 rately large, with two or three obtuse lobules anteriorly ; a single 

 postmental. 17 (or 19) scales round the middle of the body, the 

 vertebral series composed of large transverse scales four times as 

 broad as long ; lateral scales smallest. The length of the hind limb 

 is contained four times in the length from snout to vent ; limbs 

 widely separated when adpressed. A median series of transversely 

 enlarged subcaudals. Light brown above, each scale with a dark 

 brown centre forming longitudinal streaks ; upper surface of head 

 and lips spotted with dark brown. 



inillim. millim. 



Total length 280 Fore limb 21 



Head 19 Hind limb 29 



Width of head 14 Tail 166 



Body 95 



Punjab. 



a. Ad. ? 



29. Eumeces schneideri. 



Plestiodon auratus, part., Gray, Cat. p. 91. 

 Scincus schneiderii, Baud. Jiept. iv. p. 291 ; Geoffr. Beicr. Egypie, 

 Mept. p. 136, pi. iii. fig. 3. 



