426 — SCINCID AL. 
three supraoculars ; six supraciliaries; interparietal nearly as long 
as and a little broader than the frontal; parietals narrow ; loreal 
and first upper labial scarcely longer than the rostral; second 
labial entering the orbit. 24 scales round the middle of the body, 
equal. Both pairs of limbs represented by undivided, bud-like 
rudiments. Prianal scales not enlarged. Length of tail one third 
of the total. Brown, lighter inferiorly, each scale edged with 
darker. 
From snout to vent 88 millim., tail 43. 
Ceylon. ' 
a-b. Ad. Ceylon. R. Templeton, Esq. [P. ]. 
e. Ad. Ceylon. B. H. Barnes, Esq. | P. |. 
d-g. Ad. Ceylon. G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. [P.]. 
A-n, Ad. Ceylon. Col. 'Beddome [C.]. 
3. Acontias layardii. 
Acontias layardi, Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl. ii, p. 12, and Ann. & 
Mag. N. H. (2) xiii. 1854, p. 26; Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 96. 
Head conical; snout acuminate, projecting: ear hidden; rostral 
covering not. quite half the snout; mental moderate ; frontonasal as 
long as the rostral, slightly shorter than the frontal; latter shield 
about as broad as long, angularly emarginate on each side by the 
first supraccular ; three supraoculars; six supraciliaries; inter- 
parietal nearly as long as and a little broader than the frontal: 
parietal narrow; loreal and first labial a little longer than the 
rostral; second labial entering the orbit. 22 scales round the 
middle of the body, equal. Limbs absent. Preeanal scales not en- 
larged. Length of tail about one third of the total. Brown, each 
scale edged with darker. 
From snout to vent 74 millim., tail 34. 
Ceylon. 
a-d, Ad. Ceylon. W. Ferguson, Esq. [P.}. 
et, Ad. Ceylon. Col. Beddome ro. 
4. Acontias holomelas. (Prarz XXVIII. fig. 2.) 
Acontias holomelas, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) xix. 1877, p. 313. 
Snout short, obtuse, feebly projecting beyond the labial margin ; 
mental moderate; ear hidden; rostral covering hardly half of the 
snout; frontonasal shorter than the rostral, not half as long as the 
frontal ; latter shield longer than broad, angularly emarginate on 
each side by the first supraocular ; four supraoculars ; six or seven 
supraciliaries ; interparietal longer than broad, much narrower than 
the frontal, not broader than the parietals; third upper labial 
entering the orbit. 30 to 32 scales round the middle of the body, 
equal. Limbs absent. Four preanal scales, median pair a little 
