24) MB. W. THEOBALD, JUN., ON THE 



Pamily LACERTID^. 



Tachydeomtjs, Daudin. 



T. SEX-LiNEATUS, Daud. 



I have taken this lizard at Mergui, and also in the Arakan hills, 

 and near Myanoung. It is, however, a scarce species in Birma. 



All my specimens were smaller than Griinther's largest, which 

 was :— Body 250. Tail 11-50. Total 1400. 



FamHy ZONUEIDiE. 



PsETJDOPUS, Merrem. 



P. GHACiLis, Gray. 



Ophiceps tessalatus, Blyth, J. A. S. xxii. fi(J5. 

 Two specimens are in the Asiatic Society's Museum, from 

 Hangoon ; but I have never procured the species myself. 



Family SCINCIDiE. 



Section a. Scales keeled. 

 TuopiDOPiiORUS, Diim^ril ct Bihron. 



T. Bebdmorei, Blyth. 



Aspris Berdinorei, Blyth, J. A. S. xxii. G50. 



o. Adult female. Body 3-50. Tail 375. Total 7-25. 



One very large anterior frontal, lai'ger than the vertical. Two 

 small triangular postfrontals, with tlieir apices only touching. 

 A large hut narrow six-sided vertical. Two moderate anterior 

 occipitals, and two large posterior ones, enclosing a minute central 

 shield. Four very large superciliaries with some small scales be- 

 neath. Upper labials six, the fourthbeing the largest. Lower labials 

 four, the first being the largest. Scales of the back well Iveeled, 

 of the sides more faintly, and of the bully smooth, Avith crena- 

 ted margins. Limbs small. Tail witli a series of large scales 

 beneath. 



Colour pale olive-brown, with rather irregular broadish oblique 

 transverse bars of pale red, black-margined. Sides, throat, and 

 tail white-spotted. Belly yellow. This specimen was captured 

 in the Pegu range, some 40 miles above Rangoon. Its habit is 



