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 h— Lower eyelid with a transparent disk (Euprepis, Gray), 



E. monticola, Giinth. Monog. I. R., p. 80. 



Scales with two prominent keels, and sometimes an indistinct 

 median keel as well. Opening of the ear rather small, with lobules 

 in front. Scales in 35,36 longitudinal, and 34 — 40 rows between 

 limbs. Upper and lateral parts greenish olive, with a light band 

 running along each side of the back ; back black-spotted ; sides 

 white-spotted. A white or yellowish black-edged streak below 

 the eye continued to near the ear. Edges of eyelids bright 

 yellow. Beneath yellowish white. Grows to 8-5 or more, of 

 which the tail is 5 inches. 



Inhabits Sikkim (probably the warm valleys), Jabalpur, The 

 Punjab (Kalka). 



E. trihneatus. Gray. 



Scales with six or seven strong keels. Opening of ear small, 

 with two or more elongate lobules in front. Scales in 30 longi- 

 tudinal, and 28 rows between limbs. Colour yellowish brown, 

 with three black-edged white stripes down the forepart of the 

 back. Hinder part of back yellow-dotted. Limbs and tail and 

 below reddish (seasonally). 



Length, body 3-2 ; tail 4-0 = 72 inches. 



Inhabits the Karnatic (Jerdon). 



E. Beddomei, Jerdon. P. A. S., B., March 1870. 

 Closely allied to trili/matus, but has a shorter and more ele- 

 vated head and shorter muzzle, the posterior upper labials being 

 larger and higher ; differs too by the median occipital plate being 

 pointed, and not truncated behind, and by five pale bands extendi 

 ing to the base of the tail. 



E. innotatus, Blanford, W. J. A. S ., B., 1870, Part II, p. 354. 

 Opening of the ear not very small, with two or three small 

 lobules in front. Scales with five (rarely three or four) well- 

 marked equidistant keels. Scales in 32 rows longitudinal, and 

 between limbs. Colour above olivaceous, sides purplish brown. 

 A whitish line from the nostril along the superciliary ridge 



