1876.] W. T. Blanford — On some Lizards from Sincl 25 



I obtained very few specimens myself, nearly all were brought to me, and 

 almost all procured were young, only two or three being adult. 



9. Stellio ntjptus. 



Agama nupta, De Filippi, Giomale del I. R. 1st. Lomb. Vol VI, (1843) p. 407. 

 Stellio cariiiatm, A. Dunieril, Cat. Meth. Rept. Mus, Par. p. 107, (1851). — Archives 

 du Museum, VIII, p. 580. 



S. nuptus, De F., Viaggio in Persia, p. 352. — W. Blanf., Zoology of Persia, p. 317, 

 PL XIX, Fig. 1. 



This is a fine addition to the fauna of Sind and consequently to that of 

 British India. It is a very different Stellio from any of the species found 

 in the Himalaya, the whole back being covered with large carinated scales 

 equal in size and forming oblique rows converging posteriorly, whilst there 

 is an abrupt change to the small scales of the sides. The head is very broad 

 with numerous groups of spines around the ear and on the sides and back 

 of the neck. 



The form f oimd agrees in structure with the variety which I have call- 

 ed fusca, as it has no fold across the back of the neck, but the prevailing 

 colour is pale yellowish brown as in the type. The largest specimen ob- 

 tained measures nearly 19 inches, of which the tail is 12-§-. 



I found 8. nuptus rather scarce in the Khirthar range west of Sind 

 but little above the sea level. It is common throughout southern Persia. - 



10. Stellio melajstjea. 



Laudakia fPlocedermaJ melamcra, Blyth, Jour. As. Soc. Beng. 1854, XXIII, p. 737. 



Stellio melanurus, Anderson, P. A. S. B., 1871, p. 189.— Stoliczka, P. A. S. B., 1872, 

 p. 129. 



This species occurs abundantly in the Khirthar range forming the 

 frontier between Sind and Kelat. It grows to a length of 17 or 18 inches, 

 the tail when quite perfect being from two to tbree times the length of 

 the head and body. In a fine male 156 inches long, the tail measured 113. 

 In a female 12 in. long, the tail was 8 - 5. The colour varies : in females it 

 is usually olive mottled with dusky spots and streaks on the head and back ; 

 males in the spring are usually more or less black, especially on the tail and 

 hinder part of the back ; some are jet black throughout the upper parts, and 

 dusky below. 



I am very much in doubt as to whether the Baluchistan 8. liratus (A. 

 and M. X. H., June, 1874, XIII, p. 453, and ' Zoology of Persia', 320, PL 

 XX, Fig. 2) should be considered distinct, most of the characters which I 

 thought would serve to separate it being found at times in 8. melanura. 

 The dorsal scales do appear rather smaller in the latter, there being 10 to 

 12 of the enlarged rows in the middle of the back instead of 6 or 7, but the 

 fold across the back of the neck is occasionally well developed, and the 

 extent to which the tail-scales near the base are keeled varies in individuals, 

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