454 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on neio Reptiles and 



spots on the upper lip, below the eye ; large blackish-brown 

 partly confluent spots on the back ; sides dark brown, light- 

 edged above; limbs dark brown, with rather indistinct darker 

 cross-bars ; throat brown, belly brownish white. 



From snout to vent 65 millim. 



A female specimen, full of ripe eggs 3 millim. in diameter, 

 from Mount Kina Balu, 4200 feet. 



Nearest allied to L. Fece, BIgr. Distinguished by the 

 smaller head, the distinct tympanum, the longer digits, and 

 the absence of a large horn-like tubercle on the upper eyelid. 



LI I. — Descriptions of new Reptiles and Batrachians collected 

 by Mr. P. (). Simons in the Andes of Ecuador. By G. A. 

 BOULENGEK, F.R.S 



Stenocercus Simonsii. 



No pterygoid teeth. Anterior border of ear with three or 

 four conical scales forming a strong denticulation. Middle 

 supraocular scales broader than long; no enlarged occipital. 

 Sides of neck irregularly folded ; a transverse fold in front 

 of the collar, which is narrowly interrupted in the middle. 

 Body depressed ; a slight dorsal denticulation or low vertebral 

 crest. Nuchal, lateral, and anterior dorsal scales very small, 

 granular, obtusely keeled; on the back 'he scales become 

 gradually much larger, rhomboidal, subimbricate, obtusely 

 keeled, not niucronate, merging into the caudals, the keels 

 forming oblique lines converging posteriorly. Gular and 

 ventral scales rhomboidal, imbricate, smooth, the ventrals 

 as large as the dorsals. The hind limb, stretched forwards, 

 reaches the ear or the eye, fifth toe not extending as far as 

 second. Tail nearly twice as long as head and body, rounded, 

 tapering; caudal scales large, strongly keeled, mucronate, 

 spinose, arranged in rings. Grey-brown above, with five or 

 six black cross-bars, which may be interrupted on the vertebral 

 line, the first descending to the collar-fold; dark and light 

 niarbliiigson the side of the neck and between the dorsal bars ; 

 a light black-edged streak from below tiie eye to above the 

 ear; limbs and tail with blackish cro?s-bars; lower parts 

 whitish, with rather indistinct olive-grey spots on the chin 

 and throat. 



From snout to vent 70 millim. ; head 19 ; w idth of head 

 12 ; foie limb ol ; hind limb 4*J. 



Two specimen.'^ from (h'la, 6500 feet altitude. 



