Mr. W. L. Distant on llomoptera. 37i) 



depressed. Limbs moderate ; digits ratlier slender ; 21 trans- 

 verse lamella? under the fourth toe. Head and body covered 

 with sniootli granules, smallest on the occiput; on the back 

 these granules are intermixed with numerous irregularly 

 disposed smooth tubercles ; ventral scales flat, smooth, sub- 

 imbricate. Rostral with median cleft above; nostril between 

 the rostral, the first upper labial, and three nasals ; nine upper 

 and seven lower labials ; symphysial large, triangular, 

 followed by a pair of large chin-shields. Tail covered with 

 irregular, imbricate, smooth scales. Greyish above, with 

 small dark brown spots and vermiculations, and six crescentic 

 brown, dark-edged cross-bands, the first from eye to eye 

 across the nape, the sixth on the base of the tail ; lower parts 

 white. 



mm. 



Total length 102 



Head 15 



Width of head II 



Body 39 



Foi-e limb 19 



Hind limb , 25 



Tail 48 



A single female specimen from Chaksam Ferry, Tsangpo 

 Valley, 12,500 feet, presented by Lieut.-Col. L. A. Waddell. 



2. Agama himalayana, Stdr. 

 Chaksam and Lhasa. 



3. Phrynocepkalus Theobaldi, Blytli. 



Chaksam, Karaba Jong, and Gyangtse. 

 The black spot on the belly is variable and not a sexual 

 character. 



XUX.—Ilkynchotal Notes.— XXXI. By W. L. DISTANT. 



Subfam. G^ANiNji (continued from p. 319). 



This communication completes the enumeration of the 

 genera which are included in this subfamily, reserving the 

 inquiry as to a few others which have been described but 

 not yet seen by the writer. These, with any that may 

 come to hand and not vet described, will be referred to when 



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