216 SCINCIDZE 
26 to 30 scales round the body ; 16t018 
lamelle under the fourth toe ...... 44. himalayanum, p. 257. 
32 to 38 scales round the body........ 45. ladacense, p. 258. 
22 to 24 scales round the body; enlarged 
preanals much longer than broad.... 46. bilineatum, p. 259. 
26 to 28 scales round the body ; 21 to 25 
lamelle under the fourth toe ...... AT. laterimaculatum, 
20 to 22 scales round the body; ear- [p. 260. 
opening larger than the transparent 
palpebral disk ........,5....006. 48. beddomii, p. 261. 
+t Ear-opening nearly as large as the eye-opening, 
without projecting lobules. 
28 to 32 scales round the body ...... 51. laterale, p. 263. 
** Frontoparietal single. 
22 to 24 scales round the body; ear- 
opening much smaller than the eye- 
OPENING a ide gute amd ee wieelga ee 49, travancoricum,p.261. 
26 to 30 scales round the body; ear- 
opening as large as the eye-opening... 52. assatwm, p. 264. 
22 scales round the body; ear-opening 
TTL 1/5 fo lanettiene nay aus neice sone aes 50. nitens, p. 262. 
22 scales round the body; ear-opening [p. 265. 
VOL MAT SO osu tush, sualeace ee ete Ss 53. macrotympanum, 
8. Posterior border of rostral convex and forming a curved 
suture with the frontonasal. 
81 scales round the body; ear-opening 
Vory large: a5 oe os GS ee en eee 54, macrotis, p. 265. 
2. Preanals not or but feebly enlarged. 
a. Frontoparietals two. 
a. The suture between the rostral and the frontonasal as 
broad as the frontal. 
* Kar-opening not larger than the transparent palpebral 
disk. 
24 cr 26 scales round the body; fifth 
upper labial largest and entering the 
OFbIG: sa esite Sasa nnuce ones ws a8 55. africanum, p. 265. 
22 scales round the body; fourth upper 
labial largest and entering the orbit; 
frontonasal longer than broad ...... 56. reichenovii, p. 266. 
22 or 24 scales round the body; fourth 
upper labial largest and entering the 
orbit ; frontonasal broader than long. 57. mustelinum, p. 267. 
