762 ON A NEW SPECIES OF SCELOPORUS. [Dec. 19, 
cuspid, strongly keeled ; nine scales, taken in the middle of the back, 
correspond to the distance from the end of the snout to the posterior 
border of the occipital shield ; they are arranged in 42 to 44 trans- 
verse series (from occipital shield to line of hinder side of thigh) and 
11 longitudinal series (a line drawn on each side from the upper edge 
of the ear-opening, and which corresponds in this species with the 
outer border of the yellowish band, being taken as the boundary 
between the dorsal and lateral scales) ; lateral scales smaller, tricuspid 
and strongly keeled, directed upwards; abdominal scales smooth, 
distinctly bi- or tricuspid, two thirds the size of the dorsals. 
Femoral pores 12 or 13 on each side. Limbs moderate; carried 
forwards, the fore limb extends beyond the snout the length of 
the claws of the longest fingers, the hind limb reaches the collar- 
fold in the male, a little beyond axilla in the female. The female 
exhibits the following coloration :— Upper surface of head, limbs, and 
tail uniform light reddish brown; a purplish-grey vertebral band, 
ending at base of tail; on each side two reddish-brown longitudinal 
bands separated by a yellowish-white narrower band commencing 
from the eye; a second light band from axilla to groin; more or less 
obsolete blackish markings, obliquely directed backwards, across the 
dark dorsal bands; an obsolete blackish streak at base of humerus ; 
lower surfaces yellowish white, immaculate. The male differs in 
the following points :—the interval between the two yellowish-white 
lateral bands darker, blackish ; an intensely black streak from collar- 
fold to forearm; a small greenish-blue spot on each side of the 
throat, bordered anteriorly by a few greyish dots; an elongate 
iridescent greenish-blue black-margined spot on each side of the 
belly, the white interspace between them being twice their width. 
Dimensions. 3 Dray 
millim. millim, 
Potalleneth. 01. :.0io3,3 se brnyalee « 3 136 136 
From snout to vent ............ 57 63 
LE IGT Ie ae a a we SOE lee Oe 14 15 
Weadit OF MOK: ... t6 oat Mem niles 103 12 
Borevlimb) sae osc AS 23 23 
Hinduimb) -c oe Pate deel isn atin 34 33 
PB All: 2. Mrsretietig, Se ae «ae ote ake ee 79 73 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE LYI. 
. Female; natural size+*. 
Ditto, lower view; natural size. 
. Male, lower view ; natural size. 
. Ditto, head from above; ? natural size. 
. Ditto, ear-opening; ¢ natural size. 
. Ditto, dorsal scales from the middle of the back; ¢ natural size. 
. Ditto, ventral scales, from the middle of the belly ; ? natural size. 
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1 From inadvertence of the artist the dorsal scales are represented a little 
smaller than they really are. 
