12. opHtops. "3 
B. Upper head-shields smooth or feebly rugose. 
Supraoculars in contact with the supra- 
ciliaries; 26 to 30 scales round the 
middle of the body, ventrals included ; 
7 to 10 femoral pores on each side .... 3. occidentalis, p. 75. 
Supraoculars separated from the supracili- 
aries by a series of granules; 30 to 40 
scales round the body; 7 to 12 femoral 
POLES! sic aie y ance A Sahat deca sie «ar etale ahs 4. elegans, p. 75. 
Supraoculars separated from the supracili- 
aries by a series of granules; 42 to 46 
scales round the body; 12 to 14 femoral 
POPES! cass wages wes aed eee carer 5. schluetert, p. '77. 
II. Snout long, much depressed ...... 6. microlepis, p. 77. 
1. Ophiops jerdonii. 
Ophiops jerdoni, Blyth, Journ, As. Soc. Beng. xxii, 1853, p. 653; 
Stohezka, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xli. 1872, p. 89, and Proce. As. Soc. 
Beng. 1872, p. 74. 
-Tropidosaura jerdoni, Theobald, Cat. Rept. As. Soc. Mus. p. 22. 
Pseudophiops jerdoni, Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, p.71. 
—— theobaldi, Jerdon, 1. c. 
Head moderate, feebly depressed. Upper head-shields rugose, 
keeled and striated ; nostril lateral, pierced between three or four 
shields, viz. an anterior, or an upper and a lower anterior nasal and 
two superposed postnasals; a large frontonasal; frequently one or 
two small azygos shields between the pair of prefrontals; four 
supraoculars, first and fourth small, the two principal separated 
from the supraciliaries by a series of granules; occipital small, 
sometimes a little broader than the interparietal, with which it forms 
a suture ; subocular bordering the lip, between the fourth and fifth 
(or third and fourth) upper labials ; temporal scales small, keeled ; 
one or two large supratemporal shields border the parietals exter- 
nally ; tympanic shield small or indistinct. No gular fold extend-: 
ing from ear to ear; collar quite indistinct. Dorsal scales large, 
strongly keeled, strongly imbricate, scarcely larger on the back than 
on the sides ; 28 to 35 scales round the middle of the body (ventrals 
included). A large postero-median preanal plate. The hind limb 
reaches the shoulder or halfway between the latter and the ear in 
the male, not to axilla in the female. 7 to 11 femoral pores on each 
side. Tail once and a half to twice as long as head and body ; caudal 
scales about as large as dorsals. Coppery brown above, with two 
-pale golden lateral streaks bordered with black, the upper extending 
from the supraciliaries to the tail, the lower from the upper lip to 
the groin ; frequently a series of large black spots between the two 
lateral streaks ; lower surfaces yellowish white. 
