1872.] Stoliczlca, on Sind Bejytiles. 85 



required a great deal of irritation and disturbance, till they actually struck, 

 though by their movements and hissing noise they were alwa^^s ready to shew 

 their fierceness. They are nocturnal in their habit, and almost exclusively 

 feed on insects. 



BATBACRIA. 



I have met with only four species : — 



27. Kana cyajtophlyctis, is generally distributed over the whole of 

 Kachh ; it is to be seen in almost every pool of fresh, and even partially 

 brackish, water. 



28. Rana TiGEiisrA, is much rarer. I only found it in a few secluded 

 localities, such as hollows or caves along the banks of rivers. It is called 

 mendak which is, I think, the usual name for a frog. 



29. Rai^a LYMiN-QCHAEis, Boic, ( = gvaciUs, Wiegm.) was only met 

 with once at Mandavi, near the sea in a pool of water between palm trees. 



30. Bupo MELA]!TOSTiCTUS ; common. 



IV. — Notes on Reptiles, collected by Surgeon F. Day in Sind, — 

 hy De. F. Stoliczka. 



The Reptiles, which I shall notice in the following pages, were col- 

 lected b}^ Dr. Day on his recent torn-* in connection with the investigations 

 regarding the fisheries in Sind. The country visited by Dr. Day lies chiefly 

 along tlie right bank of the Indus between Karachi and Sakkar. At the latter 

 place he was energetically assisted by the Civil Ofiicer at the station, Mr. 

 H. E. Watson. Although chiefly made at a rather unfavourable time of the 

 year, the collection contains several very interesting species. Among the 

 Bauria I may notice a new species of Eremias, the first as yet known from 

 our Indian possessions ; a second equally interesting species is Griinther's 

 Trapelus megalonyx, and a few others, i^nong the Opliidia I shall de- 

 scribe a new species of IIydro])his, and note some peculiarities in adult speci- 

 mens of the rare H. cicrtics, both from Karachi. As regard several other 

 species the record of accurate localities is important. 



Among JBatracliia the only frog in the collection is H. eyanophlyctisj 

 some of the specimens measuring, however, fully three inches. 



SAUBIA. 



1. Vaeanus (PsAMMOSAUErs) sciNCUS, Mcrr. Common. 



2. Acanthodactylus Cantoeis, Giinther. 



For an accomit of the variations in structm-e and colour, I refer to Journ. 

 A. S. B., vol. xli, 1872, p. 91. Most of the specimens, (though not all), col- 

 lected b}^ Dr. Day have a comparatively longer snout, than those from the 

 N. W. Pr(»vinces and the Panjab, but other variations are quite the same in 

 * Between October aud February, 1871-1872. 



