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back, distinct on neck, but fading on tail, which is reddish, 

 A black band from the nasal through the eye along the side to 

 near the end of tail, with a narrow white border below, behind 

 the eye, with a second black streak below, posteriorly, near the 

 vent. Below greenish iridescent white. Legs above olive brown 

 darker marbled and with indistinct fulvous spots. Scales round 

 body in 40 rows, between axil and groin in 7&. 



Length, body 1-87 ; tail 1-87 = 3-74 inches. 



Inhabits Malabar (Dussumier and Beddome). 



H. Taprobanensis, Kelaart. Prod. Faun. Zey., p. 21. 



The single prsefrontalforms a suture with the rostral. Prsefrontal, 

 postfrontals, and vertical meet in a point. Four superciliaries. 

 The anterior occipitals sometimes united into one shield. Two 

 loreals. Ear with two very small lobules in front. Colour brown,, 

 above with a light band running from above the tympanum 

 along the side of the back, sides black. Lower parts yellowish. 

 Some individuals have the head and throat dark greenish blue, 

 with numerous white dots, in others these parts are uniform 

 brown. 



Length, body 2'0 ; tail 3'5 = 5'5 inches. 



Inhabits Newera-eUia, Ceylon. 



MocoA, Oray. 



Lower eyelid with a transparent disk. Supranasals none. 

 M. Sikkimensis, Blyth. J. A. S., B., 1854, p. 652. • 



Superciliaries four. Posterior occipitals about twice as large as 

 anterior ones. Three or four pairs of elongate transverse shields 

 behind the occipitals. Seven upper labials, the fifth under the eye, 

 not much elongated. A pair of large praeanals. Scales in 24 

 longitudinal rows ; between axil and groin 46. Hind foot three- 

 fifths the space between the fore and hind limbs. Colour bronze 

 brown, either uniform, or with from three to five irregular series 

 of dark brown dots. Sides blackish brown, margined above with 

 an indistinct pale line; sides white-spotted especially below. 

 Body 2-00 ; tail 325 = 525 inches. 



Inhabits Sikkim, between 3,000 and 10,000 feet. 



