JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



Part II.— PHYSICAL SCIENCE, 

 No, III.— 1878. 



VII. — Notes on some Keptilia from the Himalayas and Burma. — By 

 W. T. Blanford, F. E. S., &c. 



(Read 5th June.) 



The species described in the following pages are chiefly from a very 

 interesting collection made by Mr. W. Davison in the Tenasserim provinces. 

 One snake is from another collection made in Sikkim by Mr. Grammie. 



Draco major, sp. nov. 



D. peraffiiiis I), dussumieri, narihus superne versatis, pede poster lore 

 axillam Jiaud attingente ; tympano nudo ; tuherculo parvo uirinque superne 

 post supercilium oriente, crista nucJiali nulla ; sed multo major, appen- 

 diculd gulari longd squamis majorihus indutd, nonnullis squamis majusculis 

 distantibus in lined unicd interruptd laterali ad insertionem alee collocatis, 

 nee aggregatis ; alis aliter coloratis, fusco-transfasciatis, vel omnino 

 pariter marmoratis nee versus margines saturatiorihus. 



Hab. in provincid Tenasserim, haud proeul ah urhe Tavoy atq^ue ad 

 radices mentis Nawiabu dicti. 



Description. The hind limb falls a little short of the axil, wlien laid 

 forwards. Nostrils directed upwards, tympanum naked. Upper labials 

 large, some of them exceeding the nasal shield in length. A small tubercle 

 above at the hinder extremity of the orbit. No crest of enlarged scales. 

 Dorsal scales sub-equal in size, not keeled, a few much larger scales, usually 

 at a considerable distance apart, in a single interrupted row along each side 

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