232 W. T. Blanford— On new Lizards from Sind. [Dec. 



appendage, of the lateral portions of the caudal swimmeret armed with fine, 

 acuminate spines, and the telson vermiculated above and below with granu- 

 lated ridges, claw of raptorial arm 5-toothed — from the Andamans : Goronis 

 spinosa, with three spines projecting from the telson just above the level of 

 the marginal ones, of which there are three pairs, the median pair movable 

 and smaller than the rest and with the interval between them finely serrated 

 (5 or 6 teeth on each side of the middle line), between these and each lateral 

 pair two spinules, between the teeth of each lateral pair one spinule ; claw 

 of raptorial arm 10-toothed — from the Andamans and New Zealand : Gono- 

 dactylus glyptocercios, allied to G. trispinosus, witli the telson ornamented 

 with two oval tubercles bounded by an impressed invected line and with a 

 median basal cinquefoil-shaped one, and the two preceding somites symmetri- 

 cally engraved with fine lines — from the Nicobars ; and Squilla supplex, with 

 three short oblique ridges on each side of the telson, between which and 

 the strong median ridge, on each side, a row of confluent tubercles in the 

 same straight line with the two median marginal teeth ; five teeth to the 

 claw of the raptorial arms ; post-abdominal somites with 9 ridges, ar- 

 ranged 3 in the middle and 3 on each side — from Bombay. 



The following papers were read : 

 1. On some Lizards from Sind, with descriptions of new Species o/Ttyod- 

 actylus, Stenodactylus, and Trapelus. — By W. T. Blanfokd, F. B. S. 



(Abstract.) 



This paper contains notes on a collection of lizards made in Sind in the 



early months of 1875. Five species are added to the fauna of British India, 



two of which, Stellio nuptus and ILemidactylus Persicus, were previously 



known from Persia, whilst three appear to be new. These are described as : 



Ptyodactylus Jion/olepis, sp. nov. 

 Allied to P. Ilasselquisti, but distinguished by having all the dorsal 

 scales uniformly granular, without any enlarged tubercles, and the nostrils 

 entirely surrounded by swollen shields 3 or 1 in number which separate 

 them entirely from the rostral and labials. A perfect specimen measures 

 7£ inches, of which the tail is 3 - 4. Found in the lower hills of the Khirthar 

 range, west of Upper Sind. 



Stenodactylus orient alis, sp. nov. 



General form stout, tail much thicker than in S. guttatus, finely granular 

 throughout ; nostril between the corner of the rostral and three small shields, 

 upper labials on each side about 10, lower 10—13, both becoming small 

 behind : pupil vertical. No enlarged chin-shields behind the lower labials. 

 Upper surface finely granular, with small convex dark coloured tubercles 

 scattered over the back ; none on the limbs. Scales of abdomen scarcely 



