352 SCINCID.2. 
8. Ablepharus grayanus. 
Blepharosteres grayanus, Stoliczka, Proc, As. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 74; 
Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 354. 
Snout short, obtuse, rostral not projecting. Rostral largely in 
contact with the frontonasal, which is in contact with the frontal ; 
three supraoculars, followed by two small ones, obliquely descending 
on the temporal region ; frontoparietal single ; interparietal distinct ; 
four labials anterior to the subocular. Ear hidden. 18 or 20 scales 
round the middle of the body. Two enlarged preanals. Limbs 
short, pentadactyle. | Above olive-green, with a very distinct 
metallic lustre, a little darker at the sides, speckled with black, and 
gradually passing into the uniform greenish-white lower side; a 
silvery green narrow band from the supraciliary edge to the base of 
the tail, edged with black below ; limbs brown above, marked with 
rows of white spots; tail with a pink tinge. 
From ‘snout to vent 32 millim, 
Cutch, Sind. 
9. Ablepharus eneus. 
Panaspis eeneus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 817. 
Snout obtuse, rostral not projecting. Eye entirely surrounded 
by a circle of granules. Rostral largely in contact with the fronto- 
nasal, which is in contact with the frontal; a supranasal; fron- 
tal moderate, in contact with the first and second supraoculars ; 
frontoparietals and interparietal distinct ; four supraoculars, second 
largest ; four supraciliaries, fourth smallest ; a pair of nuchals ; four 
upper labials anterior to the subocular. Ear-opening roundish, 
about as large as the pupil. Scales subequal, 24 round the middle 
of the body. Preanals scarcely enlarged. Limbs well developed, 
pentadactyle, meeting when adpressed; digits obtusely keeled in- 
feriorly. Tail a little longer than head and body. Brown above, 
with small darker dots and a dark lateral band edged above with 
yellowish. 
millim. millim, 
Total length (tail re- BOO Y5 0s Stas etets 25°5 
produced) ...... 63 Fore limb........ 8 
Head: sxewsceces 75 Hind limb ...... 12 
Width of head .... 5 
Angola. 
a-b. Ad. & hgr. Angola. J. J. Monteiro, Esq. [C.]. 
10. Ablepharus cabinda. 
Ablepharus cabinde, Bocage, Jorn. Se. Lisb. i. 1866, p. 64, 
Eye entirely surrounded by a circle of equal small scales. Rostral 
largely in contact with the frontonasal, which is in contact with 
the anterior angle of the frontal; latter large ; frontoparietals and 
interparietal distinct ; three supraoculars, first larger than the two 
