258 BCLNCIDZ. 
Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout and 
the fore limb is contained once and a half to twice in the distance 
between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. Lower eyelid with 
an undivided transparent disk. Nostril pierced in the nasal; no 
supranasal ; frontonasal broader than long, forming a suture with 
the rostral and with the frontal; latter shield as long as fronto- 
parietals and interparietal together, in contact with the two, rarely 
three, anterior supraoculars ; four supraoculars, second largest ; six 
to eight supraciliaries ; frontoparietals and interparietal distinct, 
subequal, or latter smallest ; parietals forming a suture behind the 
interparietal ; three or four pairs of nuchals; fifth upper labial 
entering the orbit. Ear-opening oval, much smaller than the eye- 
opening, about as large as the transparent palpebral disk, with one to 
three projecting lobules or granules anteriorly. 26 to 30 smooth scales 
round the middle of the body ; dorsals largest, laterals smallest. A 
pair of large praeanals, The adpressed limbs fail to meet, meet, or 
overlap. Digits subcylindrical ; subdigital lamelle smooth, 16 to 18 
under the fourth toe. Tail once and two fifths to once and two thirds 
the length of head and body. Bronzy olive or brown above, with 
small dark, and sometimes also light, spots; a blackish vertebral 
streak sometimes present; a broad blackish-brown lateral band, 
usually edged above and below by a light streak ; lower surfaces 
greenish white or plumbeous. 
millim. willim, 
“Total length ...... 157 Fore limb........ 17 
Head wise anek are oes 12 Hind limb........ 23 
Width of head .... 9 Tall. sosenvnecesy 92 
BOdY: is nieae eh ws 53 _ 
Western Himalayas. 
a-b. Her. & yg. Gurwhal. Messrs. v. Schlagintweit [P.].) G 
ce. Her. Simla. Messrs. v. Schlagintweit | P.|.> 
d-e, Ad. & hgr. Kashmere. Messrs, v. Schlagintweit [P.].| & 
J; g- Several spec.: Kashmere. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. v 
ad. & her. 
h-k, Ad. & hgr.  _Ladak. T. OC. Jerdon, Esq. [P]. 
45. Lygosoma'ladacense. (Prare XVII. fig. 3.) 
Eumeces ladacensis, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 88, pl. x. fig. 1; 
Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 375. 
Euprepes stoliczkai, Steind. Novara, Rept. p. 45. 
kargiliensis, Steind. J. ¢. p. 46. 
Mocoa. stoliczke, Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p.59; Blanf. 2nd 
Yark, Miss., Rept. p. 20. 
kargilensis, Theob. 1. c. p. 60. 
Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the end of the snout 
and the fore limb is contained once and a half to once and two thirds 
in the distance between axilla and groin. Snout short, obtuse. 
Lower eyelid with an undivided transparent disk. Nostril pierced 
