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median dorsal row are bicarinate ; in two juveniles the ventr:\.l 

 scales are feebly keeled ; the hind-limb may reach the elbow. 

 IVo examples are light brown in colour, with the usual 

 markings. 



Although iFtainall is not the mainland of Asia, the fauna of 

 the island iS s6 diosely related to that of Indo-Ohina, that this 

 species sholild be included here. 



Measurements of specimens in mm. 



No.' 6997 7001 



Length of head and body 47 49 



Tiiil GO 55 



Fore-liinb 13 12 



Uind-limb 20 18 



G. l^RoriDOPnonuB cocincinensis. 



l^ropidoph&i'ua oocincineneid Dum. & Bib. 1839, v. p. 556, 

 pi. Ivii. fig. 1. 



Tropidophoj'iis ddcHinohineltsis Bouleng. Oat. Liz. Brit. Mus. 

 1887, iii. p. 363 (in part). 



Thrt types, three in number, two adults and one juvenile, arc 

 in the Paris MvJseum. M. Angel has kindly examined them for 

 ine, and hns giveti m6 the following particulars. 



They have 30 and 32 scales round the body, the laterals a little 

 smaller than the Others. Dorsal, lateral, ventral, and gular scales 

 keeled in the yoUng example, the ventral and gular smooth in the 

 adults. Two large prajanal plates. Tail longer than the head 

 and body. Oaildal scales strongly keeled except for the three 

 median lower rows. The fifth supralabial is ]a,rgest and below 

 the middle of the eye, and there are small scales interposed 

 between the supralivbials and the loreals. 



Tiie exact type-loCillity of 2'. cocincinensis is unknown ; it is 

 said to have come from Oochin-China, but in view of the known 

 range of 7\ microlepis it seems probable that it came from 

 farther north. 



7. TtiOPiDOPlionus siNious. 



IVopidophorus sinicus lioettger, Zool. Anz. 1886, p. 519 ; 

 Bouleng. Cat. Liz. Brit. Mus. 1887, iii. p. 302 ; A. Mell, Archiv 

 fur Naturgesch. 1922, 10 Heft, p. 114. 



The type-locality is near Canton, and it has also been found in 

 tlie Man Son Mts., Tonkin. 



I recently obtained two half-grown specimens on the PcmIv in 

 Hongkong. They have 30 scales each round the niiddio of the 

 body, the laterals and dorsals strongly keeled and feebly niuero- 

 nate, the ventrals feebly keeled ; loreals 1 + 1 ; 5 infra-labials, 

 the lirst long and in contact with the divided post-mental and 

 first chin-shiold. Belly in life salmon-pink. 



