102 Mr. G. A. Boulenger on new 



part of the back ; a small spine-like tubercle above the ear, 

 another at the elbow, and two or three on each side of the 

 body ; a larger conical tubercle at the knee. Seventeen 

 upper and eighteen lower labials. Tail (apparently intact) 

 not half so long as the head, compressed, ending in a tubercle. 

 Reddish, with scattered black dots. 



ruillim. 



Total length t;5 



Head 17 



Width of head 12 



Body 41 



Fore limb 24 



Hind hmb 32 



Tail 7 



A single specimen, a gravid female. Collected by the Rev. 

 R. Baron. 



Scelotes macrolepis. 



Snout very short, obtuse, not projecting ; eye moderate ; 



lower eyelid scaly ; ear-opening minute, like the nostril ; 



supranasals forming a median suture ; a postnasal between 



the supranasal and the first labial ; frontal more than twice 



as long as the frontonasal, much narrowed anteriorly and 



emarginate on each side by the first supraocular; no pra3- 



frontals ; four supraoculars ; no frontoparietals ; interparietal 



longer than broad, about half as long as the frontal, its convex 



anterior border fitting into an emargination of the frontal ; 



third upper labial below the centre of the eye and entering 



the orbit. Eighteen scales round the middle of the body, the 



two median dorsal series broader than the others. Limbs 



pentadactyle, very short ; the fore limb, stretched forwards, 



does not reach the ear ; the length of the hind limb is one 



third of the distance between axilla and groin. Tail thick, 



a little longer than head and body. Rufous above, with 



longitudinal series of blackish spots ; a pale dorso-lateral 



streak; lower parts whitish, with longitudinal series of dark 



brown dots, interrupted on the throat and middle of the belly, 



larger under the tail. 



millim. 



Total length 74 



Head fci 



Width of head 3-5 



Body 28 



Fore liuib 4 



Hind limb 6 



Tail 40 



A single specimen [R. Baron). 



