CG ^Ir. (t. a. R()iikMip;er on 



orbitals ; temporal shields large ; seven upper and five lower 

 labials; cliiii-shields, one anterior and three pairs, the first 

 two paiis forming a suture; nine rows of shields between the 

 chin-shields and the edge of the collar ; collar-shields ten. 

 Dorsal scales elongate-quadrangular, feebly but very distinctly 

 keeled, forming uninterrupted series across the back ; 29 scales 

 from occij)Ut to sacrum inclusively. Ventral scales broader, 

 but not longer than dorsals, in 12 longitudinal and 19 trans- 

 verse series. 40 scales round the middle of the body. Five 

 prteanal shields, median triangular, preceded by a pair of 

 large shields. Six femoral pores on each side. Tail thick, 

 covered with elongate quadrangular scales, the basal dorsals 

 feebly keeled. Dark brown above, with small irregular black 

 s))ots ; black beneath ; throat, belly, lower surface of limbs, 

 and base of tail with numerous round white spots regularly 

 disposed; four white bars across the chin. 



millim. 



Total length 188 



Head 18 



AVidth of head 12 



From end of snout to fore limb 31 



From end of snout to vent 81 



Fore limb 22 



Hind limb 29 



Tail (reproduced) 107 



A single male specimen from Paramba, 3500 feet. 



Rhadincea suhocularis. 



Eye moderate. Rostral broader than deep, scarcely visible 

 from above ; internasals much broader than long, shorter 

 than the prefrontals; frontal ot)ce and two thirds as long as 

 broad, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 shorter than the parietals; loreal as long as deep; two prse- 

 oculars, with a small subocular below them; two postoculars ; 

 temporals 1 + 2 ; eight up})er labials, fourth and fifth entering 

 the eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields, which are as long as the })osterior. Scales in 17 rows. 

 Ventrals 113-114; anal divided; subcaudals 98. Brown 

 above; a yellowish streak, edged with black beneath, from 

 the eye along each side of the back to the tail, running along 

 the fifth and sixth series of scales on the body; this streak 

 interrupted on the temple; a dark streak on each side of tlie 

 head, passing through the eye ; upper lip and lower parts 

 yelloAvish white. 



Total length 370 millim. ; tail 160. 



Two si»e(.iinens from Paramba, 3500 feet. 



