122 F. Stoliczka — On Indian Lizards. [No. 2, 



Eumeces. The dorsal scales of pavimentatus are often very irregular in their 

 size, and enlarged, as are also those of Blyth's species. 



The Indian and Malayan species, referred hy Giinther in his ' Reptiles of 

 India' to JEumeces, are arranged hy the same aiithor under two groups. One 

 includes Hinulia, Mocoa, and PodopJiis, the other Mabouya (type Sc. agilis, 

 Eadde) and Siopa, to which Senira has to be added, if Mr. Theobald is cor- 

 rect in identifying a lizard from. Rangun with Senira bicolor of Gray (Linn. 

 Soc. Jour., Zool., x, p. 27). Whether the three first named should be consi- 

 dered only as subgenera of Lygosoma, Gray, as adopted by several contin- 

 ental herpetologists, or whether they should be retained as distinct genera, 

 is for the present not of very material importance. I can only say that the 

 Indian species of Hinulia and Mocoa are fairly divisible, and the same is 

 the case with Mabouya and Riopa. All have the palatal notch situated 

 far backward and the palate itself toothless, but this is a very general 

 character, and equally applies to Hagria, JRistella and several other well 

 distinguishable genera. 



Of Hinulia there are as yet only three species known from British 

 India, and as they had been rather misunderstood, I shall give a figure of 

 the head and of the sole of the hind foot of each, shewing the characterstic 

 distinctions between them. H. indica is as yet only known from Sikkim 

 and the adjoining hills ; H. maculata occurs throughout Bengal and Barma ; 

 H. JDussumieri is from the Malabar coast. Of Mabouya and Podopliis I 

 do not know a single species which occurs within the limits of British India, 

 as now understood (excluding Penang). Of Mocoa and Piopa, the species 

 are numerous and mostly of small size. 



HnsruLiA estdica, Gray. 



PL iv. fig. 1, la, side and upper views of the head, natural size ; 16, sole of left 

 hind limb, twice the natural size. 



Eumeces indicus apud Giinther, I, B,., p. 89, exclusive of the synonyms quoted 

 under Lygosoma and Mocoa. — E, indicus, apud Anderson in Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871, 

 p. 158 (in part). 



The general structure of scales is as described by Giinther. The number 

 of longitudinal rows is usually 36 or 38 ; there are 60-70 transverse rows 

 at the side of the body between fore and hind limb, but there are only 46-55 

 scales in a row at the edge of the vent between axil and loin. The fore foot, 

 when laid forward, scarcely ever reaches the snout, but it usually extends 

 in front beyond the eye. The four supraciliaries are followed by two small 

 shields ; ear opening large, without any denticulations in front. 



The usual coloration is as originally described by Gray. Upper side 

 brown, generally bronze, rarely with an olive tinge, uniform, or with a few 



