Vol. I, No. 5.] Contributions to Oriental Herpetology III. 151 
[N. S.] 
In Boulenger’s volume in the “ Fauna of India” (1890), 221 
species of Lizards are described ; at present 242 appear to occur 
within the Indian Empire and Ceylon, but the grounds on which 
three of these are included are a little insecure. The majority 
of the species added have been new to science, but a few previous- 
ly known from other parts of Asia have been recorded from Balu- 
chistan. Several new forms have been described from the same 
neighbourhood several from Burma (chiefly from Lower Burma), 
one from S. India, two from the Andamans and one from Cachar. 
Undoubtedly novelties still remain to be discovered, especially in 
the extreme east of the Empire; and probably certain forms now 
regarded as solely Malayan will be found also in Tenasserim, 
Several forms, e.g. Lygosoma zebratum and D. fex have been shown 
to be at most varieties of previously descyjbed species. 
Mr. Grey Pilgrim, of the Geological Survey of India, has 
lately collected in Hastern Arabia and presented to the Museum 
the following specimens : 
Uromastix microlepis, (Blanf.) .. One specimen. 
Varanus griseus (Daud.) ie 5 
Hremias brevirostris ( Blanf.) ... Two specimens. 
I neglected to mention in the former part of this paper, that 
Gymnodactylus khasiensis has lately been recorded from Upper 
Burma by Boulenger, Journ. Bombay N.H. Soc., xiii, p. 553. 
July 26th, 1905. 
Note.—Through the kindness of Dr. A. Willey, F.R.S., Director of the 
Colombo Museum, I have lately had an opportunity of examining the types 
of Neyill’s EHuprepes halianus, a Ceylonese Skink regarding the systematic 
position of which Boulenger expresses a doubt. As they possess retractile 
claws, while otherwise agreeing with Lygosoma, I propose to place them in a 
new genus Theconyz, which will be fully described later in Spolia Zeylanica, 
the organ of the Colombo Museum, August 23rd, 1905. 
