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and so does the regularity of annulation. Some have the tail scales arrang- 

 ed in verticils, in others this character is obscure or wanting, and it is rare- 

 ly well marked. 



In adult males there is a patch of thickened scales in the middle of the 

 abdomen as in some other forms of Stellio. 



Fam. LAOEBTIBM. 



11. Mesalina paedalis. 



Lacerta partialis, Licht., Verzeich. Doubl. p. 99.* 



Eremias partialis, Bum. et Bib., V. p. 312. 



Mesalina partialis, Gray, Cat. Lizards B. M. p. 43. — W. Blanf., Zool. Persia, p. 377. 



Eremias (Mesalina) Watsonana, Stoliczka, P. A. S. B., 1872, p. 86. 



In the ' Zoology of Persia,' I pointed out that the specimens of this 

 species obtained by me in various parts of Persia, agreed perfectly on the 

 one hand with typical examples from Egypt in the British Museum and on 

 the other hand with Dr. Stoliczka's description of M. Watsonana. A typi- 

 cal specimen of the latter is in the Indian Museum, and I find my identi- 

 fication was quite correct, and that this specimen agrees in all respects with 

 M, partialis. 



This species is common in the western part of upper Sind, keeping 

 chiefly to open plains and deserts. 



12. ACANTTHODACTYLTTS CaJSTTOBIS. 



Common in oj)en sandy places, usually amongst bushes, not in absolute 

 desert. 



13. Ophiops Jerdoni. 



This is not common in Sind, but I saw several on the top of a high 

 hill, called Miagwan, in the extreme north-western corner of Sind, at an 

 elevation of about 6000 feet above the sea ; I also met with a few individuals 

 on the Hab river near Karachi. Concerning this species see Stoliczka's 

 remarks, J. A. S. B., 1872, XLI, p. 89, and Gunther's, P. Z. S., 1875, p. 225. 

 The latter, however, is mistaken in supposing that Cabrita Jerdoni is the 

 same species. As was pointed out by Beddome in his original description 

 (Mad. Monthly Jour. Med. Sci. 1870), C. Jerdoni differs in having a fully 

 developed lower eyelid, a longer tail, more numerous femoral pores, &c. 



* I take this reference from Dumeril and Bibron and from Gray, as I have not 

 access at present to the original work. There is no doubt, so far as I am aware, about 

 the identification, but it is never wise to quote any authority without referring to it 

 and I only do so in this case because the species has not before been recognized as 

 Indian. 



