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rostral and a still broader one with the frontal ; prtefrontals very 

 small and widely separated ; frontal short, in contact with the first 

 supraocular only, followed by a long and narrow single frontoparietal 

 resembling a second frontal ^ angular posteriorly and in contact 

 with the interparietal; latter in the middle between four small 

 parietals, the posterior pair of which are in contact behind ; four 

 supraoculars, first in contact with the frontal and the frontoparietal, 

 second and third in contact with the frontoparietal ; seven supra- 

 ciliaries ; fourth upper labial below the centre of the eye. Ear- 

 opening small, horizontally oval, without projecting lobules. 24 

 scales round the middle of the body, subequal; dorsals rather strongly, 

 laterals feebly tri- or qninquecarinate. Prseanal scales not enlarged. 

 Limbs widely separated when adpressed ; the length of the hind 

 limb equals the distance between the fore limb and the nostril. 

 Digits short, cylindrical : subdigital lamellse smooth, 10 under the 

 fourth toe. Tail a little longer than head and body. Reddish 

 brown above, dark brown on the sides ; a black lateral band, com- 

 mencing from the eye; sides with fine whitish shafts; belly dirty 

 white, spotted with dark brown ; lowei- surfaces of tail plumbeous 

 grey, spotted with black. 



millira. 



Total length 12.5 



Head 9 



Width of head &-5 



Body 48 



Fore limb 10 



Hind limb :.... 16 



Tail 68 



A single specimen is in the collection. 



O P H I D I A. 



6. Ablabes semicarinatus. Hallow. 



Eurypliolis semicarinatus, Hallow. /. c. p. 493. 



Scales in fifteen rows, without apical groove, with a very feeble 

 keel along their anterior half. Rostral rather broader than deep ; 

 nostril between two nasals ; prcefrontals about twice as long as 

 internasals ; frontal much longer than broad, as long as or slightly 

 longer than internasals and praefrontals together ; loreal at least 

 twice as long as deep ; one prte- and two postoculars ; eight upper 

 labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye, seventh largest ; temporals 

 1+2 ; five lower labials in contact with gulars. Ventrals 187-192; 

 anal divided ; subcaudals 72-82. Olive above, the scales lighter in 

 the centre ; the lower scale on each side yellowish, margined with 

 olive or black ; in some specimens four rather indistinct dark brown 



^ The very singular shape of this shield misled Hallowell as to the homo- 

 logies of the head-shields of this Lizard. Therefore his interuasal = fronto- 

 nasal ; frontonasal = I'rontal ; frontal = frontoparietal ; interparieto-frouto- 

 parietal — interparietal ; frontoparietals = anterior parietals. 



