1872.] Stoliczka — On new Beptilia, etc. 129 



body to the groin, continuing on the tail. The brown between the five 

 longitudinal bands is indistinctly marked with paler spots. Limbs, above, 

 spotted with yellow ; entire lower side yellowish white, with dusky bluish 

 reticulation on the chin and breast, and a dark stripe on the hinder side of 

 the femora. Some specimens measuring up to ten inches still have the colora- 

 tion of the young, only the yellow on the lips and on the top of the head 

 becomes tinged with olive, and the longitudinal bands with reddish, while the 

 intermediate spots on the upper body are brighter yellow. Other specimens 

 have no trace of longitudinal bands, the entire upper side of the body being 

 brown with more or less confluent yellow spots, as in tuberculatus and Daya- 

 mis, but the spots are larger, and more numerous, than in the two former 

 species. The tail is olive and more or less spotted at the base, dark brown to- 

 wards the tip ; reproduced portions are entirely black, as in the next species. 



The largest specimen, out of nine examined, measures 16 inches, head 

 and body being 4*2 inch. 



Loc. — Sussel pass, at the entrance into the Agror valley, about 6,000 

 feet high. 



14. Stellto MELANURrs. (See Proc. A. S. B., Sept., 1871, p. 189). 



I have little to add to Dr. Anderson's description of this species. The 

 median crest exists only on the hind neck, and is composed of two alterna- 

 ting series of enlarged scales. The enlarged scales of the back are broader 

 than long, and give at the first sight the impression of being semilunar ; 

 their outermost rows gradually (not abruptly) pass into the scales of the 

 sides, at least they do so in adult specimens. There is no distinct ridge of 

 enlarged scales between the ear and the eye, such as may be seen in the two 

 previous species, or in Dai/anus* but the enlarged scales of the head simply 

 extend on to the region between the eye and the ear. 



IChe young is olive above, yellowish white below ; entire head including 

 the chin and front breast reticulated with black ; neck, body, limbs and base 

 of tail above with numerous small black and interpersed yellow spots ; eye- 

 lids and supraciliary ridge yellow ; tail dusky black towards the tip. The 

 adults are more brownish olive, with the dark reticulations on the upper head 

 less distinct, the black spots on the body small and more or less confluent, 

 but the yellow spots more brightly coloui-ed, and of much larger size ; tail 

 pale yellowish at the base, but for the greater part of its length entirely black. 



The largest of three specimens measures : total length 12*5, of which 

 head and body are 4*75 inches. 



Loc. — Plateau extending from Bawalplndi towards the Salt Eange, 



* I am rather surprised at Dr. Anderson's suggestion (1. cit. p. 188) that my 

 " large scaled form," namely St. Dayamis, is an adult of rtielanurus ; for Dr. Anderson 

 lias not only seen with me young and adult specimens of St. Dayanus, but actually 

 compared the type of St. melaniirus with them. 



