new B'ltrac/iians cnid Reptiles. 5o 



rostralis strong and short ; lorcal rows nine to eleven; ten to 

 twelve upj)er labials to below the centre of the eje ; ear- 

 oponing oval, not niucli smaller than the eye opening. Body 

 compressed ; no distinct nuchal fold. Gular appendage 

 large in the male, small in the female. Dorsal and lateial 

 scales very small, granular, the former a little larger than the 

 latter and distinctly keeled ; ventral scales larger, granular, 

 smooth or indistinctly keeled. The adpressed hind liu)b 

 icaches between the eye and the nostril ; digital expansions 

 rather feeble; 20 to 22 lamellae under phalanges II and 111 

 of the fourth toe. Tail shghtly compiessed, without upper 

 ridge, covered with small keeled scales ; its length more than 

 twice that of head and body. Male with a pair of enlarged 

 postanal scales. Olive or bluish grey above, with large dark 

 brown or black spots and bars, and whitish streaks, wiiich are 

 disposed obliquely on the sides and may form a regular net- 

 work over the whole body ; the brown spots form four trans- 

 verse series on the body, broken up by the light lines ; tlie 

 lower spot of the first seiies in front of tiie shoulder; a 

 vertebral series of small vhomboidal light spots may be 

 present ; dark and light streaks across the supraocular and 

 interorbital regions ; a whitish spot below the eye ; brown 

 bars radiating from the eye on the lips and temple ; limbs 

 and tail with regular dark cross-bars; lower parts whitish. 



milUm. millim. 



Total length 342 34o 



Head 28 28 



Width of head 17 17 



liody 80 82 



Fore limb 57 54 



Iliad limb 9li 95. 



Tibia 28 28 



Tail 244 245 



Several specimens from St. Javier (GO feet), S.ilidero 

 (350 feet), K. Lita (3000 feet), and Paramba (3500 feet). 



Proctoporus hypostictus. 



Head rather large ; limbs comparatively strong, meeting 

 when })ressed against the body. Frontonasal longer than 

 broad, slightly larger than the frontal ; frontoparietals mode- 

 rate ; parietals forming an oblique suture with the large 

 supratemporal ; interparietal widening posteriorly, a little 

 longer than the parietals; no median occipital; four supra- 

 oculars, anterior small; a loreal ; a series of large infra- 



