18. SCELOTES. 



411 



the orbit. 30 scales round the middle of the body. Limbs penta- 

 dactyle, short, widely separated when adpressed ; the fore limb, 

 stretched forwards, roaches the ear. Tail shorter than head and 

 body. Kufous-brown above, with dark brown longitudinal lines 

 following the series of dorsal scales : a dark brown lateral band, be- 

 ginning from the eye ; lower surfaces uniform pale brownish. 



millim. 



Total length 92 



jlejifj 9 



Width ofhead !!*.!!! 7 

 Body 42 



Madagascar. 



a. Ad. 



Anzahamaru. 



millim. 



Fore limb 8 



Hind limb 12 



Tail 41 



(Compared with the type speci- 

 men by Dr. Giiuther.) 



4. Scelotes melanopleura. (Plate XXIII. fig. 3.) 



Gongylus melanopleura, Giinth. Ann. ^ Mag. N, H. (4) xix. 1877, 

 p. 315. 



Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin ; eye 

 moderate ; lower eyelid scaly ; ear-opening oval, horizontal ; supra- 

 nasals forming a median suture ; a postnasal between the supra- 

 nasal and the first labial ; frontal more than twice as long as the 

 frontonasal, slightly emarginate on each side by the first supraocular; 

 no pra'frontals ; four supraoculars, second largest ; eight supracili- 

 aries ; no frontoparietals ; interparietal longer than broad, shorter 

 and narrower than the frontal, narrower than the parietals, its 

 convex anterior border fitting in an emargination of the frontal ; 

 fourth upper labial entering the orbit. 24 scales round the middle 

 of the body. Limbs pentadactyle, short, widely separated when 

 adpressed ; the fore limb, stretched forwards, reaches a little beyond 

 the ear. Tail slightly longer than head and body. Rufous above, 

 with irregular darker spots on the back ; a blackish lateral band, 

 passing through the eye, broken up into spots on the side of the 

 body ; sides of head and neck and flanks speckled with black ; lower 

 surfaces uniform yellowish. 



