18. scELorEs. 411 
the orbit. 30 scales round the middle of the body. Limbs penta- 
dactyle, short, widely separated when adpressed; the fore limb, 
stretched forwards, reaches the ear. Tail shorter than head and 
body. Rufous-brown above, with dark brown longitudinal lines 
following the series of dorsal scales; a dark brown lateral band, be- 
ginning from the eye; lower surfaces uniform pale brownish. 
millim. millim. 
Total length........ 92 Fore limb ........ 
Head. asia tar siansnscs 9 Hind limb ........ 12 
Width of head...... 7 Det sis ‘ene'staes eA ais aoe 41 
Body oie: sie sue vis erases 42 
Madagascar. 
a, Ad, Anzahamaru. (Compared with the type speci- 
men by Dr. Giinther.) 
4. Scelotes melanopleura. (Prats XXIII. fig. 3.) 
Gong melanopleura, Giinth, Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) xix. 1877, 
p. oto. : 
Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin; eye 
moderate ; lower eyelid scaly; ear-opening oval, horizontal; supra- 
nasals forming a median suture; a postnasal between the supra- 
nasal and the first labial; frontal more than twice as long as the 
frontonasal, slightly emarginate on each side by the first supraocular ; 
no prefrontals; four supraoculars, second largest ; eight supracili- 
aries; no frontoparietals; interparietal longer than broad, shorter 
and narrower than the frontal, narrower than the parietals, its 
convex anterior border fitting in an emargination of the frontal ; 
fourth upper labial entering the orbit. 24 scales round the middle 
of the body. Limbs pentadactyle, short, widely separated when 
adpressed ; the fore limb, stretched forwards, reaches a little beyond 
the ear. Tail slightly longer than head and body. Rufous above, 
with irregular darker spots on the back; a blackish lateral band, 
passing through the eye, broken up into spots on the side of the 
body ; sides of head and neck and flanks speckled with black ; lower 
surfaces uniform yellowish. 
millim, millim 
Total length ...... 106 Fore limb........ 9 
Head) sis idteceeecessie 9 Hind limb........ 14 
Width of head .... 6:5 Datla ca caescnacstin 54 
Body’ aiaveus sees 43 
Madagascar. 
a, Ad, Anzahamaru, (Type.) 
