EEPTILBS or BRITISH BIEMA. 41 



S. AMABiLis, Giiuther*. 



A youug specimen was taken by me in tlie Arakan Hills. 



S. CRTJENTATUS, Theobald. 



Squamia ordinibus Beptcmdecim. Nasalibua magnis. Lorcali 

 parvo. Anteoctilari uno. Postocularibus duobus. Aualibifido. 

 Labialibus supcrioribus septom, quarto quintoquo orbem 

 tangentibus. Oculo medico, pupula magna, nigra. 



Colore fusco, absque notis. Ventre flavescenti-pallido, sed 

 scutorum marginibus fusco tinctis, et magnis maculis nigris 

 quadratis ornato. Sub cauda l«)tc rubro, sivo crucntato, 

 aliquaudo nigro maculate et anali nigro. Capite lineis sym- 

 metricis notato (generis modo). 



Aliquando quatuor linea? valde fuscaj tergo adsunt, duabua an- 

 gustis juxta vertebras, reliquisque latioribus ad latus infra 

 positls. Specimina tamen raro inter se colore aut aspectu 

 distant. 



Habitat ad E-angoon, satis frequeus. Longitudine 15 uuc. 



Scales in seventeen rows. Nasals large. Loreal small. An- 

 teocular one. Postoculars two. Anal bifid. Upper labials seven, 

 tlie fourth and fifth entering the orbit. Eye moderate. Pupil 

 large, black. Habit more slender than in 8. hicatenafus. Tougue 

 red. 



a. Adult male. Body . . . 13-00 



Tail . . . 2-25 =15 -25. 



Colour above uniform umber-brown, Avithoixt markings, the 

 colour extending over the edges of the ventral plates. Beneath 

 yellowish white, with numerous square black blotches. Tail 

 bencatli bright red, mottled with black. Head symmetrically 

 marked. 



h. Adult female. Body . . . 1200 



Tail . . . 1.60=13-00 



Coloured as in the last, save the anal, which was bright red, 

 with a deep-black bar behind it. 



Some specimens have a narrow dark line down each side of 

 the spiue, and a similar one below, on the sides ; but the colora- 

 tion and markings vary very little. 



* Vide Annals and Magazine of Natural History for June 1868. 



