REPTILIA. 

 Order LACEETILIA, 



1. STELLIO HIMALAYANUS. 



Steindacliner : Novara Reise, Reptilien, p. 22, PI. i, fig. 8. 

 Stoliczka : Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, 1872, xli, Pt. 2, p. 113. 



1, 2, Dras valley ; 3, 4, Tashgaon, near Dras ; 5-7, Chiliscomo ; 8, Shargol ; 9, Kharbu ; 10, 11, Snemo near Leh ; 

 12-22, Leh ; all in the Upper Indus valley, north of Kashmir. 







These specimens are from the original locality and its neighbourhood. Stellio hima- 

 layanus has hitherto only been found in the Upper Indus valley in Ladak, where it was 

 originally discovered by Dr. Stoliczka. 



In his diary Dr. Stoliczka remarks that the male of this lizard is smaller, and has the 

 whole head, breast, and shoulders tinged with yellow, and the sides of the neck umber red. 

 These colours are probably assumed in the breeding season ; the date when they were noticed 

 was August 17th. 



2. STELLIO TUBERCULATUS. 



Gray apud Gunther : Reptiles of British India, p. 157. 



Stoliczka : Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, 1872, Pt. 2, xli, p. 115, PL iii, fig. 3. 



1, 2, Kashmir. 



Though labelled Kashmir, the specimens were probably obtained on the road from Mari 

 (Murree) to Srinagar. The species is common about Mari. 



3. STELLIO AGRORENSIS. PL I, fig. 3. 



Stoliczka : Proc. As. Soc. Bengal, 1872, p. 128. 



1-6, Kashmir. 



The specimens agree well with the types from the Agror valley in the Punjab hills. In 

 his diary, Dr. Stoliczka records obtaining this species near Chatarkailas in the Jhilam valley, 

 north-east of Mari. 



As no figure of this species has ever appeared, one is published herewith. A full 

 description was given by Dr. Stoliczka. 



4s. STELLIO STOLICZKANUS. PL I, figs. 1 & 2. 

 W. Blanf. : Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, 1875, xliv, Pt, 2, p. 191. 



S. squamis dorsalibus mediis majoribus, haud in tineas regulares ordinatis, obtuse carinatis, 

 lateralibm minoribus, acute carinatis, postice suboequalibus ; nonnullis mucronatis circum 



