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Lacertidie. 



dorsolateral streak starting from the superciliary edge ; a dark lateral 

 band from the nostril, through the eye and iiivolving the upper half 

 of the ear-opening, to the tail, edged below by a light streak. Lower 

 parts greenish white (in spirit). Tail reddish in the young. 

 Measurements (in millimetres) : 



J 



Habitat. — Khasi hills, near Assam. Six specimens, from the collec- 

 tion of Dr. T. C. Jerdon, are preserved in the British Museum. 

 Jerdon referred them to T. nexlineatus (Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, 

 p. 72). 



This species may be regarded as intermediate between T. taehy- 

 dromoides and T. sexUneattii^, as oliserved by Giinther in 1888 : 

 " Specimens of T. sexlineatus from Khassya, in the British Museum, 

 have on the whole a somewhat shorter and less tapering snout, also 

 shorter toes than the typical form, and approach in these respects 

 T. lueridionalis." 



7. TACHYDROMUS SMAEAGDINUS. 



Tachydronuis miaragdiniis, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 147, 

 pi. xvii, fig. 2, and pi. xviii, fig. 1, and Cat. Liz. iii, p. 509 (1887); 

 Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) i, 1888, p. 168; Stejneger, Herp. 

 Japan, p. 236, fig. (1907); Van Denburgh, Proc. Calif. Ac. (4) iii, 

 1912, p. 247 ; Bouleng. Mem. As. Soc. Beng. v, 1917, p. 223. 



Body scarcely depressed. Head twice or nearly twice as long as 

 broad, its depth equal to the distance between the centre of the eye 



